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.