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Portfolios of the Poor: Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford and Orlanda Ruthven

Portfolios of the Poor: Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford and Orlanda Ruthven

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Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day examines strategies the world's poor use to make ends meet and the flaws in the financial tools available to them.
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The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: Jennifer Steil

The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: Jennifer Steil

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A liberal-minded career woman from Manhattan, becomes editor of the Yemen Observer and steps into a whole new world of cross-cultural differences.
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A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Christopher Aslan Alexander

A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Christopher Aslan Alexander

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A chance friendship between an international volunteer and  a carpet seller in Uzbekistan marks the start of a seven-year fair-trade project that still resonates in the community today.
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Angola: Mike Stead and Sean Rorison

Angola: Mike Stead and Sean Rorison

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Claiming to be the first Angola guide written in English, this book does not gloss over the challenges of visiting a country that has just emerged from 30 years of civil war.
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Pilgrim in the Palace of Words: Glenn Dixon

Pilgrim in the Palace of Words: Glenn Dixon

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Linguistics expert Glenn Dixon explores the oddities of languange in the 50-plus countries he's visited.
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