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Any recommended books for developmental economics?

I am currently working as an undergrad in a group doing research on poverty.  I am really interested in learning about both developing countries and how that might apply to the inner cities in America.  I'm not an econ major but have taken a few classes on economics, and I really do believe that I need to gain a better understanding of economics in order to understand the issue of poverty.  Any suggestions?
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There has been a surge in good popular books on development economics. All of these are worth reading:

1. de Soto, "The Mystery of Capital."
2.  Easterly, "The Elusive Quest for Growth."
3.  Easterly, "The White Man's Burden."
4.  Sachs, "The End of Poverty."
5.  Collier, "The Bottom Billion."
6.  Collier, "Wars, Guns and Votes."
7.  Sen, "Development as Freedom."
8. Acemoglu and Robinson, "Why Nations Fail."
9. Yunus, "Banker to the Poor."
10. Yunus, "Creating a World Without Poverty."

For a textbook perspective, Weil's undergraduate book "Economic Growth" is good.

These all focus on developing countries.