The book "The Bottom Billion Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It" In the book, Collier contends "...that failed states that concentrates the poorest sectors of the global population pose the central challenge of the developing world in the twenty-first century. He analyzes the causes of failure, pointing to a set of traps that snare these countries, including civil war, a dependence on the extraction and export of natural resources, and bad governance. Standard solutions do not work against these traps, he writes; aid is often ineffective, and globalization can actually make matters worse, driving development to more stable nations. What the bottom billion need, Collier argues, is a bold new plan supported by the Group of Eight industrialized nations. If failed states are ever to be helped, the G8 will have to adopt preferential trade policies, new laws against corruption, and new international charters, and even conduct carefully calibrated military interventions." http://www.policy-network.net/uploadedFiles/Publications/Publications/Paul_Collier.pdf
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