Start with high-confidence the developing world books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Sport and International Development
Roger Levermore, Aaron Beacom
Independent Africa
Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong
A Surgeon in the Village
Tony Bartelme
Rethinking AIDS Prevention: Learning From Successes in Developing Countries
Edward C. Green
Economic Growth and Development
Matthew McCartney
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Katherine Boo
Poor Economics
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo
The Shackled Continent
Robert Guest