Books by Amartya Sen Development as Freedom Poverty and Famines : An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation  Hunger and Public Action (with Jean Dreze) Resources, Values and Development

Africa Betrayed George B.N. Ayittey / Paperback / Published 1993 

Africa in Chaos George B. N. Ayittey / Hardcover / Published 1998

Compassion and Calculation : The Private Foreign Aid Business  David Sogge (Editor) 1996

The Foreign Aid Business : Economic Assistance and Development Co-Operation Kunibert Raffer, Hans Wolfgang Singer, 1996
 

Tropical Gangsters : One Man's Experience With Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa Robert Klitgaard, 1991. Very entertaining memoir of doing development for  the World Bank while looking for the perfect wave in Equatorial Guinea. Read this to  understand exactly what happens among the development set.
 

The Benefits of Famine : A Political Economy of Famine and Relief in Southwestern Sudan,  1983-1989  by David Keen. Despite the academic sounding title, this book is a fascinating look at how relief efforts in Sudan have prolonged the conflict there. Highly recommended.

Lords of Poverty : The Power, Prestige, and Corruption of the International Aid Business Graham Hancock, 1992. The original trashing of the aid world. Still relevant.

Masters of Illusion : The World Bank and the Poverty of Nations  Catherine Caufield / Hardcover / Published 1997

Why Food Aid? Vernon W. Ruttan (Editor), 1993. A truly excellent collection of documents and comments about the history of U.S. food aid programs.Essential Reading.
 

More Than Altruism : The Politics of Private Foreign Aid  Brian H. Smith , 1990

The Politics of United States Foreign Aid Vol 1 George M. Guess, 1987

The Road to Hell : The Ravaging Effects of Foreign Aid International Charity  Michael Maren Published 1997. The best and most damning thing ever written about the aid business.
 

Compassion and Calculation : The Business of Private Foreign Aid David Sogge (Editor), 1996