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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Main Author: Collier, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007
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