Start with high-confidence economic development books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Brazil on the Rise
Larry Rohter
Comparative Economics in a Transforming World Economy
J. Barkley Rosser Jr., Marina V. Rosser
The Atlas of Economic Complexity
Ricardo Hausmann, Cesar A. Hidalgo
Why Nations Fail
Dan Woren, Daron Acemoglu
The Divide
Jason Hickel, Jonathan Cowley
Marketing Places
Philip Kotler
How Asia Works
Joe Studwell
How Africa Works
Speculative Markets
Kristin Peterson
Rwanda, Inc.: How a Devastated Nation Became an Economic Model for the Developing World
Patricia Crisafulli, Andrea Redmond
Economic Growth and Development
Matthew McCartney
Ideas, Policies and Economic Development in the Americas
Esteban Pérez-Caldentey, Matias Vernengo
Poor Economics
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo
How Rich Countries Got Rich ... and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor
Erik S Reinert
Scaling Impact
Kusisami Hornberger
