Books

Recommendations for all those with solidarity concerns

C.K. Prahalad
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid (2005)

Eradicate poverty by offering -paying- consumer goods to the poorest

Antony Bugg-Levine, Jed Emerson
Impact Investing (2011)

Investments that generate a social benefit in addition to an economic return

Jeffrey Sachs
Economics for a Crowded Planet (2008)

Steps to take for a prosperous and sustainable planet

Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch,Stuart Rutherford, Orlanda Ruthven
Portfolios of the Poor (2010)

Consumption habits of the poorest

Jeffrey Sachs
The End of Poverty (2005)

Understand poverty and how to remedy it

Muhammad Yunus
Banker to the Poor (2006)

The origin of microcredits

David Bornstein
How to Change the World (2005)

The power of the social entrepreneur

Antoni Verger
The Subtle Power of the Transnationals (2003)

Logic, operation, and impact of multinationals in a globalised world

Alberto Oliveras
Vicente Ferrer: The Silent Revolution (2000)

The success of a great solidarity project

Various authors
50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth (2006)

Change the world through daily actions

Robert Calderisi
The Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid Isn’t Working (2006)

A different vision of the problem of Africa

Muhammad Yunus
Building Social Business (2010)

The strength of microcredit explained by its inventor

Abdul Kalam
Target 3 Billion (2011)

The reasons why the global development model failed to eradicate poverty

Alan L. Wendroff, Kay Sprinkel Grace
High Impact Philanthropy (2001)

Understanding the world of philanthropy

Dambisa Moyo
Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa (2009)
Calestous Juma
The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa (2010)

The opportunities for success in the rural African world