China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power

The definitive book on China\u27s uneasy transformation into an economic and political superpower by two Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporters. An insightful and thought-provoking analysis of daily life in China, China Wakes is an exemplary work of reportage.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/dlpp_all/1258/thumbnail.jp

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Two Pulitzer Prize winners issue a call to arms against our era\u27s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women in the developing world. They show that a little help can transform the lives of women and girls abroad and that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women\u27s potential.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/dlpp_all/1256/thumbnail.jp

Thunder from the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia

The recent economic crisis in Asia heaped devastation upon millions. Yet Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn argue that it was the best thing that could have happened to Asia. It destroyed the cronyism, protectionism, and government regulation that had been crippling Asian business for decades, and it left in its wake a vast region of resilient and determined millions poised to wrest economic, diplomatic and military power from the West.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/dlpp_all/1259/thumbnail.jp

Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

With stark poignancy and political dispassion, Tightrope draws us deep into an other America. The authors tell this story, in part, through the lives of some of the children with whom Kristof grew up, in rural Yamhill, Oregon, an area that prospered for much of the twentieth century but has been devastated in the last few decades as blue-collar jobs disappeared. About one-quarter of the children on Kristof\u27s old school bus died in adulthood from drugs, alcohol, suicide, or reckless accidents. And while these particular stories unfolded in one corner of the country, they are representative of many places the authors write about, ranging from the Dakotas and Oklahoma to New York and Virginia. But here too are stories about resurgence, among them: Annette Dove, who has devoted her life to helping the teenagers of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, as they navigate the chaotic reality of growing up poor; Daniel McDowell, of Baltimore, whose tale of opioid addiction and recovery suggests that there are viable ways to solve our nation\u27s drug epidemic. Taken together, these accounts provide a picture of working-class families needlessly but profoundly damaged as a result of decades of policy mistakes. With their superb, nuanced reportage, Kristof and WuDunn have given us a book that is both riveting and impossible to ignore.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/dlpp_all/1584/thumbnail.jp

A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity

Equal in urgency and compassion to Half the Sky, this galvanizing new book from the acclaimed husband-and-wife team is even more ambitious in scale: nothing less than a deep examination of people who are making the world a better place, and the myriad ways we can support them, whether with a donation of five dollars or five million, an inkling to help or a useful skill to deploy. With scrupulous research and on-the-ground reporting, the authors assay the art and science of giving-determining the current most successful local and global aid initiatives (on issues from education to inner-city violence to disease prevention), evaluating the efficiency and impact of specific approaches and charities, as well as fund-raising. Most compellingly, perhaps, they show us how particular people have made a difference, and offer practical advice on how best each of us can give and what we can personally derive from doing so.https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/dlpp_all/1257/thumbnail.jp

Perempuan Menjunjung Separuh Langit: Kisah kekerasan paling kejam terhadap perempuan di abad ini

Buku ini menceritakan tentang pemerkosaan hak-hak manusia yang paling kejam dan paling mengenaskan: penindasan terhadap wanita dan anak-anak perempuan di dunia berkembang. Buku bestseller ini membawa kita ke dalam perjalanan melalui Afrika dan Asia untuk menemui perempuan-perempuan luar biasa di sana. Ada Rath-remaja putri Kamboja- yang dijual sebagai budak seks di Thailand dan berhasil melarikan diri dari tempat pelacuran dan kini mengelola toko untuk menghidupi keluarga. Ada Mamitu, yang dibesarkan di desa terpencil di Ethiopia tanpa merasakan pendidikan formal sedikit pun namun kini melatih ahli bedah di Addis Ababa. Ada Saima di Pakistan yang kerap dipukuli suaminya namun kini berhasil menjadi wanita pengusaha yang menggerakkan roda perekonomian desanya. Dan masih banyak lagi perempuan-perempuan hebat yang berhasil mengatasi hambatan yang tak terbayangkan sulitnya demi mengubah hidupnya dan dunia. Melalui kisah-kisah ini, mata kita akan terbuka bahwa kunci menuju kemajuan ekonomi berada di tangan wanita-wanita yang potensinya masih terpendam. China menjadi makmur karena mendukung emansipasi wanita dan membuka kesempatan bagi para wanita untuk berkiprah di bidang ekonomi formal. Melakukan hal yang sama di seluruh dunia merupakan strategi terbaik untuk melawan kemiskinan