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Global poverty, Paul Collier points out, is actually falling quite rapidly for about eighty percent of the world. The real crisis lies in a group of about 50 failing states, the bottom billion, whose problems defy traditional approaches to alleviating poverty. In The Bottom Billion, Collier... read more
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- Central African Republic
- China
- Asia
- Nigeria
- Uganda
- United States
- Iraq
- Somalia
- Sierra Leone
- Angola
- Europe
- India
- Chad
- Kenya
- Switzerland
- Britain
- Middle East
- Germany
- Bangladesh
- Zaire
- Rwanda
- Congo
- Ethiopia
- Madagascar
- France
- Norway
- East Timor
- Sudan
- Russia
- Zimbabwe
- Cuba
- Tanzania
- Afghanistan
- Fiji
- Indonesia
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- Paul Collier (Author)
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Page Count: 224
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Awards edit
- Lionel Gelber Prize (2008)
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- Dewey: 338.90091724
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