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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It is a 2007 book by Paul Collier, Professor of Economics at Oxford University, exploring the reasons why impoverished countries fail to progress despite international aid and support.
Collier identifies and explains the four traps that prevent the homelands of the world's billion poorest people from growing and receiving the benefits of globalization - civil war, the discovery and export of natural resources in otherwise unstable economies, being landlocked and therefore unable to participate in the global economy without ...
Apr 27, 2007 · In the universally acclaimed and award-winning The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier reveals that fifty failed states--home to the poorest one billion people on Earth--pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first century.
works against the bottom billion, but not the only way. In its global hunt for natural resources, China has proven itself willing to strike deals with bad governments.
Around the world right now, one billion people are trapped in poor or failing countries. How can we help them? Economist Paul Collier lays out a bold, compassionate plan for closing the gap between rich and poor.
Jan 7, 2008 · The Bottom Billion is an extraordinary work in which Professor Collier's extensive knowledge and meticulous research are brought to bear to answer one of the most important questions in development today: Why, after years of aid and assistance, are so many countries still failing?
Jan 16, 2013 · View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-bottom-billion-paul-collierAround the world right now, one billion people are trapped in poor or failing coun...
