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Paul Collier on the Bottom Billion

Paul Collier on the Bottom Billion

FromEconTalk


Paul Collier on the Bottom Billion

FromEconTalk

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Length:
69 minutes
Released:
Jan 28, 2008
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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.
Released:
Jan 28, 2008
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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