Paul Collier is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University. Former director of Development Research at the World Bank, he is one of the world's leading experts on African economies, and is the author of Breaking the Conflict Trap, among other books.
"An important book."--Fareed Zakaria
"Insightful and influential."--Newsweek
"An acclaimed bestseller in 2007, and already a set text in
development courses worldwide, Paul Collier's The Bottom Billion
has far from exhausted its potential to change the way we think
about, teach about, and legislate about global poverty...Its policy
recommendations, many of which focus on empowering domestic actors,
including through voluntary international standards to serve as
rallying cries for reform movements, are not only pragmatic but
also addressed squarely to the audience that matters most: the G8.
It does not hurt its crossover appeal that The Bottom Billon is a
model of good writing for the public understanding of social
science."--Ethics
& International Affairs (publication of the Carnegie Council)
"Excellent...his key recommendations are right on the mark, and his
message should resonate in the development discourse for years to
come...Highly recommended."--CHOICE
"This is a path-breaking work providing penetrating insights into
the largely unexplored borderland between economics and
politics."--George Soros
"One of the most important books on world poverty in a very long
time."--Richard John Neuhaus, founder of First Things Magazine
"Provides a penetrating reassessment of why vast populations remain
trapped in poverty, despite endless debate over foreign aid policy
among wealthy countries and institutions."--Barbara McDougall, Jury
Chair, The Lionel Gelber Prize, and Canada's Former Secretary of
State for External Affairs
"Workable development ideas are hard to find, but Professor Collier
may have identified the next frontier for positive change."--Tyler
Cowen, The New York Times
"This slip of a book is set to become a classic of the 'how to help
the world's poorest' genre. Crammed with statistical nuggets and
common sense, his book should be compulsory reading for anyone
embroiled in the hitherto thankless business of trying to pull
people out of the pit of poverty where the 'bottom billion' of the
world's population of 6.6 billion seem irredeemably stuck."--The
Economist
"If Sachs seems too saintly and Easterly too cynical, then Collier
is the authentic old Africa hand: he knows the terrain and has a
keen ear. As Collier rightly says, it is time to dispense with the
false dichotomies that bedevil the current debate on Africa. If
you've ever found yourself on one side or the other of those
arguments - and who hasn't? - then you simply must read this
book."--Niall Ferguson, The New York Times Book Review
"Rich in both analysis and recommendations...Read this book. You
will learn much you do not know. It will also change the way you
look at the tragedy of persistent poverty in a world of
plenty."--Financial Times
"Terrifically readable."
--Time.com
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