Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN 13 | 9780195311457 |
ISBN 10 | 0195373383 |
Author | Director of the Center for the Study of African Economies and Professor of Economics Paul Collier |
Language | English |
Book Description | Global poverty, Collier argues, is actually falling quite rapidly. The real crisis lies in a group of about 50 failing states, the bottom billion, whose problems defy traditional approaches to alleviating poverty. He contends that these failed states |
About the Author | Paul Collier is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University. Former director of Development Research at the World Bank, he is one of the world's leading experts on African economies, and is the author of Breaking the Conflict Trap, among other books. Read more |
Publication Date | 25 May 2007 |
Number of Pages | 224 pages |
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done about It