EPISODE · Jan 28, 2008 · 1H 8M
Paul Collier on the Bottom Billion
from EconTalk · host EconTalk: Russ Roberts
Paul Collier of Oxford University talks about the ideas in his recent book, The Bottom Billion, an analysis of why the poorest countries in the world fail to grow. He talks about conflict, natural resources, being landlocked, and bad governance, four factors he identifies as causes of the desperate poverty and stagnation in the countries where 1/6 of the world's poorest peoples live.
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