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

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 faile...

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Autor principal: Collier, Paul
Autor corporatiu: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Taula de continguts:
  • Falling behind and falling apart : the bottom billion
  • The conflict trap
  • The natural resource trap
  • Landlocked with bad neighbors
  • Bad governance in a small country
  • On missing the boat : the marginalization of the bottom billion in the world economy
  • Aid to the rescue?
  • Military intervention
  • Laws and charters
  • Trade policy for reversing marginalization
  • An agenda for action.