The bottom billion (Record no. 118565)
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| fixed length control field | 02571nam a2200349 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 338.9009172/4 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Collier, Paul. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The bottom billion |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Oxford ; |
| -- | New York : |
| Name of publisher | Oxford University Press, |
| Year of publication | 2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiii, 205 p. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Falling 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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Poor |
| Topical Term | Poverty |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10199732 |
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