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The Bottom Billion : Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It

Paperback • 2007 • English

The Bottom Billion : Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It

By Paul Collier

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About the book

A leading authority on global poverty reveals what we must do to help the poorest nations on Earth<br><br> Global poverty is falling rapidly, but in around fifty failing states, the world's poorest people face a tragedy that is growing inexorably worse. This bottom billion live on less than a dollar a day and while the rest of the world moves steadily forward, this forgotten billion is left further and further behind with potentially serious consequences not only for them but for the stability...Show more

Macroeconomics
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9780195373387

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

The Bottom Billion : Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It

Format

Paperback

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