Though not specific to health, below is the book review list from Diana Fletschner’s class titled “Economics of International Development” (PB AF 533). There is some overlap as you can see. The attached document contains all of the books listed so far in case that is helpful.
 

• Dambisa Moyo, “Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way
for Africa”
• Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, “Half The Sky: Turning Oppression into
Opportunity for Women Worldwide”
• Paul Collier, “The Bottom Billion: Why The Poorest Countries are Falling and What Can
Be Done About It”
• Amartya Sen, “Development as Freedom”
• William Easterly, “The Elusive Quest for Growth”
• Hernando de Soto, “The Mystery of Capital”
• Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalization and Its Discontents”
• Jagdish Bhagwati, “In Defense of Globalization”
• Joseph Stiglitz, “Making Globalization Work”
• Jeffrey Sachs, “The End of Poverty”
• Joseph Stiglitz, “Fair Trade for All”
• William Easterly, “The White Man’s Burden”

~Trina

From: Richard Anderson <anderson@cs.washington.edu>
To: joe michiels <jmich@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: [change] Reading List for MBA seminar on global health & economic development

Here is a list that I put together a couple of years ago for my PMP course (where  I assigned book reviews).

I thought the book by Paul Collier was particualrly good.  If I were to update the list,  one book I would add is Wisdom of Whores by Elizabeth Pisani.

 

Pairing a book by Easterly with a book by Sachs is fun.

 

 

The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good by William Easterly The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics by William Easterly The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World by Gregory Clark In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence by Martin Meredith Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues by Paul Farmer Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet by Jeffrey D. Sachs Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism by Muhammad Yunus Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail by Paul Polak Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty by Muhammad Yunus The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits by C. K. Prahalad
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Subject: [change] Reading List for MBA seminar on global health & economic development

A peer of mine in the business school is looking for good development/global health books for a seminar/course for MBAs that's being offered in the winter. Given that the audience may or may not have a background in the field, are there particular overview/introductory texts that Change folks would recommend?

A few that have come up so far:
Common Wealth - Sachs
End of Poverty - Sachs
Dead Aid - Moyo
White Man's Burden - Easterly
The Blue Sweater - Novogratz

I'm not sure if students outside of the business school can enroll/attend, but if anyone's interested I can definitely check.

-Joe Michiels
Foster School of Business - Class of 2010
jmich@uw.edu