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Author Collier, Paul.

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

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
2007.

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  338.9 COL    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  338.9 C699BA    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 209 pages ; 21 cm
Note Originally published: 2007. With an added postscript.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-199) and index.
Contents What's the issue. Falling behind and falling apart : the bottom billion -- The traps. The conflict trap -- The natural resource trap -- Landlocked with bad neighbors -- Bad governance in a small country -- An interlude : globalization to the rescue. 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 -- The struggle for the bottom billion. An agenda for action.
Subject Poor -- Developing countries.
Economic development projects -- Developing countries -- International cooperation.
Local Subject Poor people -- Developing countries.
Subject Poverty -- Developing countries.
Political culture -- Developing countries.
ISBN 9780195374636 paperback
0195374630 paperback
9780195373387 (pbk.
0195373383 paperback
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