01363cam a2200169 a 4500 061106s2007 enk b 001 0 eng 9780195311457 (cloth : acidfree paper) Collier, Paul. 11490 The bottom billion : why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it / Paul Collier. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. xiii, 205 p. ; Global poverty, economist Collier points out, is actually falling quite rapidly for about 80% 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. Here, Collier contends that these fifty failed states pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first century. This group of small nations, largely unnoticed by the industrialized West, are dropping further and further behind the majority of the world's people, often falling into an absolute decline in living standards. A struggle rages within each of these nation between reformers and corrupt leaders--and the corrupt are winning. Collier analyzes the causes of failure, and offers a bold new plan.--From publisher description. Poor 11491 Poverty 1170 BK HC79.P6 C634 2007 32084 32084 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC MAIN MAIN OOER 2016-03-30 GFT 0 HC 79.P6 . C699 2007 0025630 2016-03-30 00:00:00 1 2016-03-30 BK