For Development Practitioners

MUST READ 101

Where there are many hundreds of books available to anyone interested in or looking forward to starting a career in the development field, this short list is a good place to begin.

1. Amartya Sen: Development as Freedom 

2. Dambisa Moyo: Dead Aid

3. Jeffrey Sachs: The End of Poverty

4. William Easterly: The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good

5. Joseph Stiglitz: The Price of Inequality

6. Doug Saunders: Arrival City

Job Postings

A few places for specialists from all fields to see some of the work currently available to them. List will be refreshed frequently.

IFAD (International Fund for Agriculture Development): Consultancies, Senior Positions

UNEP: Internships

UNEP: General Service

FAO: General Jobs

CASID (Canadian Association for the Study of International Development)
DFID Funding Opportunities
DEVEX: Go-to for most things in the field

Calls For Research/Papers

For those looking to further their academic careers, publish work, or make known current research practices.

CASID

ODI: Research Fellows/Assistants

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