Mamdani to Trump: 'Turn the volume up'

The Apostles of Development is about the struggles to solve the problems of poverty and inequality. The book looks at international development through the lives of six protagonists—“apostles,” as the author David Engerman calls them. It examines the context and circumstances that spurred these six central figures to devise or promote the solutions they did.

The proof that Dr Niaz Zaman is an amazing writer lies in the fact that she knows exactly how to wound you with four words: “You are too late.”