The Bottom Billion
Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
by Paul Collier
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Development Economics, Economic Development, and Most Recommended Books.
In the universally acclaimed and awardwinning The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier reveals that fifty failed stateshome to the poorest one billion people on Earthpose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first century. The book shines muchneeded light on this group of small nations, largely unnoticed by the industrialized W...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Development Economics, Economic Development, and Most Recommended Books.
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Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft; co-chair of the Gates Foundation
“On the short list of books that I recommend to people.”
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