The bottom billion : why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it / Paul Collier.

By:

Collier, Paul

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: xiii, 205 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

0195374630
9780195311457 (cloth : acidfree paper)
0195311450 (cloth : acidfree paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

338.90091724 COL

LOC classification:

HC79.P6 C634 2007

Contents:

Part I.What's the issue? 1.Falling behind and falling apart? The Bottom Billion Part 2.The traps 2.The conflict trap 3.The natural resource trap 4.Landlocked with bad neighbors 5.Bad governance in a small country Part 3.An interlude: globalization to the rescue? 6.On missing the boat: the marginalization of the bottom billion in the world economy Part 4.The instruments 7.Aid to the rescue? 8.Military intervention 9.Laws and charters 10.Trade policy for reversing marginalization Part 5.The struggle for the bottom billion 11.An agenda for action

Summary: Global poverty, economist Collier points out, is actually falling quite rapidly for about 80% of the world. The real crisis lies in a group of about 50 failing states, the bottom billion, whose problems defy traditional approaches to alleviating poverty. Here, Collier contends that these fifty failed states pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first century. This group of small nations, largely unnoticed by the industrialized West, are dropping further and further behind the majority of the world's people, often falling into an absolute decline in living standards. A struggle rages within each of these nation between reformers and corrupt leaders--and the corrupt are winning. Collier analyzes the causes of failure, and offers a bold new plan.--From publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-195) and index.

Global poverty, economist Collier points out, is actually falling quite rapidly for about 80% of the world. The real crisis lies in a group of about 50 failing states, the bottom billion, whose problems defy traditional approaches to alleviating poverty. Here, Collier contends that these fifty failed states pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first century. This group of small nations, largely unnoticed by the industrialized West, are dropping further and further behind the majority of the world's people, often falling into an absolute decline in living standards. A struggle rages within each of these nation between reformers and corrupt leaders--and the corrupt are winning. Collier analyzes the causes of failure, and offers a bold new plan.--From publisher description.