Structural Violence

inequality and the harm it causes

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Category: Development in Poor Countries

Development in Poor Countries · International · Read

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The Uses of Haiti

  • May 30, 2011

If you want to understand anything about Haiti, you must read this book.  Paul Farmer is brilliant, simply brilliant, and this book takes us for an informative trip back in[…]

Development in Poor Countries · International · Read

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Rural Development

  • May 29, 2011

This is a brilliant but slim work from Robert Chambers.  Occasionally I stumble upon a text nearly as old as I am, sitting on someone’s shelf,  out of print for[…]

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Development in Poor Countries · Read

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The End of Poverty

  • May 20, 2011

I’ve previously written about The White Man’s Burden, by William Easterly, and I consider this to be its companion volume.  Easterly and Sachs are essentially competing economists, with Sachs playing[…]

Development in Poor Countries · Read

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White Man’s Burden

  • May 20, 2011

While in Nigeria I had the opportunity to read William Easterly’s The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So[…]

Development in Poor Countries · Read · War / Conflict

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War Games

  • May 14, 2011

Linda Polman has somehow been writing for years, ever so quietly, about the glaring problems within the humanitarian aid industry.  War Games, as the sub-title informs, is the story of[…]

Development in Poor Countries · Read · War / Conflict

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We Did Nothing

  • May 14, 2011

Linda Polman has somehow been writing for years, ever so quietly, about the glaring problems within the humanitarian aid industry.  We Did Nothing tells the story of Haiti, Rwanda, and[…]

Biographies / Personal Stories · Development in Poor Countries · Read

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Confessions of an Economic Hitman

  • April 30, 2011

John Perkins is not a talented writer.  He’s an even worse human being.  I don’t like him.  His books, however, are informative, and should be read.  Not because they are[…]

Development in Poor Countries · Featured · International · Read

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Travesty in Haiti

  • April 30, 2011

This book is either the biggest fraud or the most honest accounting of corruption on development in Haiti that I’ve ever come across.  The stories recounted within are so unbelievable[…]

Development in Poor Countries · International · Read

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Dust from our Eyes

  • April 24, 2010

Joan Baxter is a journalist and anthropologist probably best known for her BBC World Service reporting from Africa.  Her 2008 book, Dust from our Eyes, came to my attention after[…]

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  • Recent Book Reviews

    • Strength in What RemainsJune 2, 2011
    • The Spirit LevelMay 30, 2011
    • The Uses of HaitiMay 30, 2011
    • Witness to WarMay 29, 2011
  • Recent Audio Reviews

    • Kenyan torture victims seek compensationApril 5, 2011
    • A day in the life of a SomalianMarch 16, 2011
    • Structural violence in popular musicMarch 5, 2011
    • Womb to TombFebruary 26, 2011
  • Recent Film Reviews

    • T-shirt TravelsJuly 4, 2011
    • Washing machines and maternal mortalityMay 22, 2011
    • Rx For SurvivalApril 30, 2011
    • An Iran primerMarch 30, 2011

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