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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| Médium: | Kniha |
| Jazyk: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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Obsah:
- 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.