The GGV resource section offers a broad range of information on the impact investment sector and distills lessons learned through articles, publications and online resources.





Recommended Reading

• Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns - by Clayton M. Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson and Michael B. Horn
• Three Cups of Tea - by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
• The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good - by William Easterly
• The Tao of Pooh - by Benjamin Hoff
• The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profits - by C.K. Prahalad
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope - by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
• The Beautiful Tree: A Personal Journey into How the World's Poorest People are Educating Themselves - by James Tooley
• The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything - by Guy Kawasaki
• Solutions for Impact Investors: From Strategy to Implementation - by Steven Godeke and Raúl Pomares
• Social Entrepreneurship: The Art of Mission-Based Venture Development - by Peter C. Brinckerhoff
• Philanthropy’s New Passing Gear: Mission Related Investing. A Policy and Implementation Guide for Foundation Trustees - by Steven Godeke and Doug Bauer
• Out of Poverty - by Paul Polack
• Mountains Beyond Mountains [A biography of Paul Farmer, who built a hospital for the poor in Haiti.] - by Tracy Kidder
• Micro-Finance Investment Funds: Looking Ahead - by Prof. Dr. Ernst A. Brugger
• Microfinance Handbook - by Joanna Ledgerwood
• Mainstreaming Microfinance: How Lending to the Poor Began, Grew, and Came of Age in Bolivia - by Elizabeth Rhyne
• Joy at Work: A Revolutionary Approach to Fun on the Job - by Dennis W. Bakke
• How to Change the World - by David Bornstein
• Cradle to the Cradle - by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
• Banker to the Poor - by Muhammad Yunus


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