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In every corner of the world, global development assistance from U.S. government agencies and private organizations is helping people to help themselves. If you’d like to learn more about global poverty and the simple steps that help to diminish it, here are a few ideas.

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Go to a bookstore or library and ask for books about development assistance and ending global poverty. Here are a few suggestions to get you started:
- Banker to the Poor by Mohammad Yunus
- Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children by John Wood (Find out more at www.roomtoread.org)
- In Her Hands: Crafts Women Changing the World by Paula Gianturco and Toby Tuttle
- Women in the Material World by Faith D'Aluisio and Peter Menzel
- Material World by Faith D'Aluisio and Peter Menzel
- Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Faith D'Aluisio and Peter Menzel
- Keeping the Promise: Five Benefits of Girls' Secondary Education by May A. Rihani (download it at www.aed.org)
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Learn how to buy with an eye toward a better world. Check out these sites:
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