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
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:	Poor > Developing countries. Poverty > Developing countries.
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