The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It

In the universally acclaimed and award-winning The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier reveals that fifty failed states--home to the poorest one billion people on Earth--pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first century. The book shines much-needed light on this group of small nations, largely unnoticed by the indust...show more

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Julie M
Aug 05, 2022
8/10 stars
The author details reasons why NGO's have challenges in helping people in third world nations. He outlines certain traps that prevent effective work.

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