Title The bottom billion : why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it / by Paul Collier

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description xiii, 205 pages ; 24 cm Contents 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 -- An agenda for action Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Subject Poor -- Developing countries. Poverty -- Developing countries. LC no. 2006036630 ISBN 9780195311457 cloth acidfree paper 0195311450 cloth acid-free paper

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