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Development economics and emerging markets

Economics

Books on why some countries stay poor and others grow, covering aid, microfinance, institutions, poverty measurement and investing in emerging markets.

29 books on Development economics and emerging markets, recommended by 12 people including Mohnish Pabrai and Bill Gates.

29 books · 16 experts

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  1. The Volatility Machine: Emerging Economies and the Threat of Financial CollapseMichael Pettis, 2001
  2. Bad SamaritansHa-Joon Chang, 2007
  3. The Bottom BillionPaul Collier, 2007
  4. Escaping the Resource CurseMacartan Humphreys, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Joseph E. Stiglitz, 2007
  5. The Emerging Markets CenturyAntoine van Agtmael, 2007

The best books on Development economics and emerging markets 29

The Volatility Machine: Emerging Economies aThe Volatility Machine: Emerging Economies and the Threat of Financial Collapse
T2 The Volatility Machine: Emerging Economies and the Threat of Financial Collapse
Michael Pettis · 2001
Balance-sheet structure, not policy error, as the cause of crises; the best analytic frame here.
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Bad SamaritansBad Samaritans
T2 Bad Samaritans
Ha-Joon Chang · 2007
The case that rich countries prescribe policies they never followed.
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The Bottom BillionThe Bottom Billion
T2 The Bottom Billion
Paul Collier · 2007
The four traps framework; the most cited analytic account of why growth fails to start.
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Escaping the Resource CurseEscaping the Resource Curse
T3 Escaping the Resource Curse
Macartan Humphreys, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Joseph E. Stiglitz · 2007
Norway is the counterexample the whole volume is arranged around.
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The Emerging Markets CenturyThe Emerging Markets Century
T3 The Emerging Markets Century
Antoine van Agtmael · 2007
By the man who coined the term; the bull case at its peak.
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Dead AidDead Aid
T3 Dead Aid
Dambisa Moyo · 2009
Polemical, but the case for bond-market financing over aid is argued in investor terms.
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Due Diligence
T3 Due Diligence
David Roodman · 2011
Sceptical audit of what microfinance evidence actually supports.
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Emerging Markets in an Upside Down WorldEmerging Markets in an Upside Down World
T3 Emerging Markets in an Upside Down World
Jerome Booth · 2014
The argument that the risk is mispriced in the developed world, not the emerging one.
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, ProsWhy Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
T3 Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson · 2012
Acemoglu and Robinson's institutional account of why some nations prosper and others don't. Their answer — inclusive versus extractive institutions — complicates simple free-market narratives: property rights matter, but who holds them and under what political arrangements matters just as much. Essential for any honest version of this argument.
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“Acemoglu and Robinson on inclusive versus extractive institutions provides the political-economy lens Dalio applies when assessing country risk. He sees institutional quality as one of the key variables in his 'big cycle' model of national rise and decline.”Ray Dalio
Recommended byBill GatesMohnish PabraiMark ZuckerbergRay DalioTrevor NcubeTyler Cowen
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the BaBanker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
T4 Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
Muhammad Yunus · 1998
Founder's account of Grameen Bank and the economics of unsecured lending at scale.
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Recommended byMohnish PabraiThe Barefoot Investor
The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism TriumThe Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else
T4 The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else
Hernando de Soto · 2000
Generalises the Peruvian findings into a theory of dead capital and titling.
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Recommended byMohnish PabraiMarc Andreessen
The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' AdThe Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics
T4 The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics
William Eas · 2001
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: ErThe Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits
T4 The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits
C.K. Prahalad · 2004
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The Power of ProductivityThe Power of Productivity
T4 The Power of Productivity
William W. Lewis · 2004
Sector-level explanation of why productivity differs so much between countries
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“on how technology-driven productivity growth improves human welfare and creates more jobs and higher wages”Marc Andreessen
Recommended byMarc AndreessenPatrick Collison
The Economics of MicrofinanceThe Economics of Microfinance
T4 The Economics of Microfinance
Beatriz Armendariz · 2005
The standard analytical treatment of the lending model Bangladesh exported.
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Recommended byBrian Armstrong
The End of PovertyThe End of Poverty
T4 The End of Poverty
Jeffrey D. Sachs · 2005
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Recommended byMohnish PabraiBill Gates
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World aHow to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
T4 How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
Bjørn Lomborg · 2006
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Recommended byBill Gates
Portfolios of the PoorPortfolios of the Poor
T4 Portfolios of the Poor
Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, Orlanda Ruthven · 2009
Financial diaries showing how poor Bangladeshi households actually manage money.
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Recommended byMark Zuckerberg
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between RThe Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
T4 The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
Jacqueline Novogratz · 2009
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Getting BetterGetting Better
T4 Getting Better
Charles Kenny · 2011
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Recommended byBill Gates
Poor EconomicsPoor Economics
T4 Poor Economics
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo · 2011
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Recommended byBill GatesMohnish Pabrai
Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next EcoBreakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles
T4 Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles
Ruchir Sharma · 2012
Earlier and more country-by-country; useful as a record of which calls aged well.
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Poor NumbersPoor Numbers
T4 Poor Numbers
Morten Jerven · 2013
Ghana's 2010 GDP rebasing is the central case; read before trusting any African macro series.
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Recommended byBill Gates
The Great EscapeThe Great Escape
T4 The Great Escape
Angus Deaton · 2013
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Recommended byBill GatesPatrick Collison
Creating a Learning SocietyCreating a Learning Society
T4 Creating a Learning Society
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Bruce C. Greenwald · 2014
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“For a wonderful book that builds on Arrow's research, see Joseph E. Stiglitz and Bruce C. Greenwald, Creating A Learning Society”Michael Mauboussin
Recommended byMichael Mauboussin
The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of ChanThe Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
T4 The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
Ruchir Sharma · 2016
Ten practical rules a country allocator can actually check; written by one who did the job.
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Recommended byPatrick Collison
The Narrow CorridorThe Narrow Corridor
T4 The Narrow Corridor
Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson · 2019
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Recommended bySatya Nadella
The Prosperity ParadoxThe Prosperity Paradox
T4 The Prosperity Paradox
Efosa Ojomo, Karen Dillon · 2019
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The IdealistThe Idealist
T4 The Idealist
Nina Munk
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Recommended byBill Gates

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Mohnish Pabrairecommends 9 books hereBill Gatesrecommends 8 books herePatrick Collisonrecommends 3 books hereMarc Andreessenrecommends 2 books hereMark Zuckerbergrecommends 2 books here
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