Bottom billion why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done a
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- Oxford Oxford Uni Press c2007
- "xiii,205p. : ill. ;24cm."
includes index
Part 1 : What's the issue? -- falling behind and falling apart: the bottom billion -- Part 2 : The traps -- the conflict trap -- the natural resource trap -- landlocked with bad neighbors -- bad governance in a small country -- Part 3 : An interlude: globalization to the rescue? -- on missing the boat: the marginalizatoin of the bottom billion in the world economy -- Part 4 : The instruments -- aid to the rescue? -- military intervention -- laws and charters -- trade policy for reversing marginalization -- Part 5 : The struggle for the bottom billion -- an agenda for action --research on which this book is based.
9780195311457
Poor--Developing countries Poverty--Developing countries