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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Tác giả chính: Collier, Paul
Định dạng: Sách
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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  • Bad governance in a small country
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  • Military intervention
  • Laws and charters
  • Trade policy for reversing marginalization
  • An agenda for action.