02943cam a2200385 a 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260100017000670200043000840200040001270350023001670350020001900400054002100430012002640500023002760820026002991000025003252400074003502450111004242600058005353000027005935040066006205050405006865200814010916500038019056500041019438560082019848560106020668560091021729060045022639420014023089990017023229520109023399520109024481462462720240318183509.0061106s2007    enk      b    001 0 eng    a  2006036630  a9780195311457 (cloth : acidfree paper)  a0195311450 (cloth : acidfree paper)  a(OCoLC)ocm76073943  a(OCoLC)76073943  aDLCcDLCdBAKERdBTCTAdC#PdYDXCPdVP@dBURdDLC  ad------00aHC79.P6bC634 200700a338.90091724222bCOL1 aCollier, Paul.92991  awhy the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it /14aThe bottom billion :bwhy the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it /cPaul Collier.  aOxford ;aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2008.  axiii, 209 p. ;c20 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-195) and index.0 aFalling behind and falling apart : the bottom billion -- The conflict trap -- The natural resource trap -- Landlocked with bad neighbors -- Bad governance in a small country -- 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 -- An agenda for action.  aGlobal 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. 0aPoorzDeveloping countries.92992 0aPovertyzDeveloping countries.92993413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006036630.html423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/2006036630-b.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/2006036630-d.html  a7bcbccorignewd1eecipf20gy-gencatlg  2ddccBOOK  c37111d37110  00102ddc4070aCASbCASd2017-11-28l0o338.90091724 COLp48597r2017-11-28 00:00:00w2017-11-28yBOOK  00102ddc4070aCASbCASd2017-11-28l0o338.90091724 COLp48598r2017-11-28 00:00:00w2017-11-28yBOOK