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Ever wondered how technology can bridge the gap for billions who lack access to essential resources? In this captivating episode of Thrive Loud with Lou Diamond, we dive deep into the mission and journey of Anu Bhardwaj, the innovative mind behind Women Investing in Women Digital and the creator of Sheconomy and Podcasters—a digital platform empowering women through accessible tech. Key highlights from this episode: Origins and Vision: Anu shares her journey from co-hosting a podcast with her young daughter and nanny to founding a groundbreaking digital media platform designed to connect women globally, especially those without access to expensive technology. Tech for the Bottom Billion: Fascinated by how digital connectivity is still a luxury for many, Anu discusses her efforts to deliver audio content through low-cost mobile devices and addresses what she calls her "digital dharma." Global Reach Through Innovation: We explore how Sheconomy taps into a network that can work on diverse platforms, from simple 2G devices to newer 5G setups, all this while overcoming geographical and linguistic barriers by curating content in 65 languages. Empowering Content Creators: Podcasters and how it serves as a channel for creators from all backgrounds to disseminate their content on a global scale, ensuring diverse voices are heard worldwide. A Call to Action for Content Creators: Insights on how podcasts in The US and other parts of the world can leverage this network to reach untapped audiences. Join us as we celebrate Anu Bhardwaj's trailblazing efforts to connect, educate, and inspire through technology and community - a true testament to the power of digital innovation!   Timestamp Overview 00:00 "Inspiring Women in Deep Tech" 03:55 Sheconomy: Audio Access for All 08:23 "Connecting Generations Through Stories" 11:44 Global Wellness Podcast Impact 15:33 "Winning Grand Prize in Global Innovation" 20:00 Reflect, Pause, and Seek Counsel 22:43 Join Our Broadcast Program 24:30 Golf Comedy & Speakeasy Adventure Follow Us:

How do you save a region from an economic tailspin? For this Money Talks, Felix Salmon chats with Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion and, most recently, Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places. They discuss the economic and political forces that drag countries and regions to the bottom — and how they might be saved. Paul gives examples across time and geography, from Cold War-era Germany to modern-day Africa. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an exclusive bonus mini-episode with every regular episode of Slate Money! You'll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you save a region from an economic tailspin? For this Money Talks, Felix Salmon chats with Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion and, most recently, Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places. They discuss the economic and political forces that drag countries and regions to the bottom — and how they might be saved. Paul gives examples across time and geography, from Cold War-era Germany to modern-day Africa. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an exclusive bonus mini-episode with every regular episode of Slate Money! You'll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you save a region from an economic tailspin? For this Money Talks, Felix Salmon chats with Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion and, most recently, Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places. They discuss the economic and political forces that drag countries and regions to the bottom — and how they might be saved. Paul gives examples across time and geography, from Cold War-era Germany to modern-day Africa. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an exclusive bonus mini-episode with every regular episode of Slate Money! You'll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you save a region from an economic tailspin? For this Money Talks, Felix Salmon chats with Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion and, most recently, Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places. They discuss the economic and political forces that drag countries and regions to the bottom — and how they might be saved. Paul gives examples across time and geography, from Cold War-era Germany to modern-day Africa. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an exclusive bonus mini-episode with every regular episode of Slate Money! You'll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you save a region from an economic tailspin? For this Money Talks, Felix Salmon chats with Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion and, most recently, Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places. They discuss the economic and political forces that drag countries and regions to the bottom — and how they might be saved. Paul gives examples across time and geography, from Cold War-era Germany to modern-day Africa. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an exclusive bonus mini-episode with every regular episode of Slate Money! You'll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Dr. Sojin Lim is a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Course Leader for both MA North Korean Studies and MA Asia Pacific Studies, and Co-Director of the International Institute of Korean Studies (IKSU) at the University of Central Lancashire. She works as Co-Editor of the ‘Routledge Research on Korea' series and is also one of the Editors-in-Chief at Asia Pacific Viewpoint (Wiley). She is the author of articles and book chapters on sustainable development, public policy and political economy. She recently published a co-edited book Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea (2021). She frequently discusses changes in the Korea Peninsula in media interviews, such as appearing on BBC.   Our conversation was about South Korea's economic and societal development. It was enriched by Sojin's many personal recollections of growing up in a country that was fighting authoritarian rule. We discussed what “the miracle on the Han River” actually means and how the “new village movement” affected the people of South Korea. We looked at foreign aid and the effectiveness of neo-liberal policies. We also questioned the role of culture in all of this. More broadly we explored the idea of altruism, aid, and gift-giving. We then discussed North Korea and whether aid or sanctions are the most effective policies for what Sojin sees as a fragile state. Finally, we looked at the field of Korean Studies more broadly and how the discipline is changing over time.   Dr. Sojin Lim's Recent Publications Website: https://www.uclan.ac.uk/academics/dr-sojin-lim  “South korean Popular Culture in the Global Context: Beyond the Fandom,” Routledge (edited) (2022) “Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea”, Routledge (co-edited) (2021)  “Assessing the Landscape of Taiwan and Korean Studies in Comparison,” BRILL (co-edited) (2021)   Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard Get in touch: datizzard@swu.ac.kr Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=62047873 Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidTizzard Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast/korea-deconstructed/id1587269128?l=en Listen on Spotify: https://koreadeconstructed.libsyn.com/ Artwork: Chan https://www.instagram.com/chans_design/?hl=en Music: disorientalz https://www.instagram.com/disorientalz/?hl=en

One of the world's foremost development economists Professor Sir Paul Collier from Oxford University, Blavatnik School of Government joins our host Waheed Rahman (@iwaheedo) for this breathtaking episode on poverty alleviation and turnarounds. Sir Paul has previously written 4 books on the topic of poverty alleviation, governance and sustainable growth including one of the most famous books in the development literature called 'The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It'. Prior to this Sir Paul also held the position as the Director of Research at the World Bank. In this episode we talk about: -definitions, types and causes of poverty. -properties of fragile states and the 'bottom billion' people in the world -how states can manufacture turnarounds including learnings from examples of growing middle-income countries such as Bangladesh, India, Singapore etc. -where Western institutions working in the development sector get it wrong and how to ameliorate those errors. -how to achieve good leadership and governance at a state-level. Follow our host Waheed Rahman (@iwaheedo) for more updates on tech, civilizational growth and progress studies. Here are the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players, you should be able to click the timestamp for the episode. (00:00) - Intro (06:23) - Humble roots and what made Sir Paul interested in the topics of development economics and governance? (08:25) - What is poverty? Does poverty always have to relate with a financial benchmark? What are the types and causes of poverty? (10:37) - Who are the "Bottom Billion"? (12:11) - what are the structural traps to poverty that Bottom Billion countries have? (22:13) - How do the Western institutions allocate capital for the development sector? (26:43) - What role do the World Bank and other financial institutions play to bolster infrastructure building? (30:26) - How can states manufacture turnarounds? (38:16) - How do countries like Bangladesh and other developing states continue to grow (autopilot development) despite high number of corruption and poverty? (42:13) - Are we on the right trajectory in terms of alleviating poverty? What roles do the government and state leaders have to establish strong societies? (46:16) - Outro

Welcome to season 3!Our first guest this season is Sir Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and a Professorial Fellow of St Antony's College, University of Oxford. In 2014, Professor Collier received a knighthood for services to promoting research and policy change in Africa.Sir Paul's research covers the causes and consequences of civil war; the effects of aid and the problems of democracy in low-income and natural resources rich societies; urbanisation in low-income countries; private investment in African infrastructure and changing organisational cultures. He has authored numerous books, including The Bottom Billion (Oxford University Press, 2007) which in 2008 won the Lionel Gelber, Arthur Ross and Corine prizes and in May 2009 was the joint winner of the Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book prize; Wars, Guns and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places (Vintage Books, 2009); The Plundered Planet: How to reconcile prosperity with nature (Oxford University Press, 2010); Exodus: How migration is changing our world (Oxford University Press, 2013); and The Future of Capitalism: Facing The New Anxieties (Penguin Books, 2018). His latest book, co-authored with John Kay, is Greed is Dead: Politics After Individualism (Penguin Books, 2020). Paul Collier, Blavatnik School of Government, University of OxfordIn Pursuit of Development and Dan Banik on Twitterhttps://in-pursuit-of-development.simplecast.com/

Ask investors where to find the most exciting growth story in emerging markets, and many would point to technology companies such as Alibaba or Meituan. However, Terrence Gray, a Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst on the Bottom Billion strategy, tells host Ron Temple why he believes the greatest untapped potential in emerging markets lies in the companies that cater to the 2 billion people who are poised to move out of poverty and into the middle class over the next 20 years.

Annie Brannon, the Brand Director for New Story, joins the podcast to share the amazing work New Story is doing to help end homelessness on a global scale. Learn more about the communities they're building in Latin America, why they're tackling homelessness outside of the US and how you can help house a person each year!

Sir Paul Collier is a British development economist. He is currently a professor of economics at the University of Oxford and was the Director of the Development Research Group at the World Bank between 1998 and 2003. Paul has authored numerous books, including The Bottom Billion, The Plundered Planet, and The Future of Capitalism. His latest book, co-authored with John Kay, is Greed is Dead: Politics After Individualism.

Sir Paul Collier is a British development economist. He is currently a professor of economics at the University of Oxford and was the Director of the Development Research Group at the World Bank between 1998 and 2003. Paul has authored numerous books, including The Bottom Billion, The Plundered Planet, and The Future of Capitalism. His latest book, co-authored with John Kay, is Greed is Dead: Politics After Individualism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1.4 billion people live on less than a $1.25 a day... An additional 1.74 billion people live on in between a $1.25 to $2.50 a day... A total of 41.8% of our world population wakes up every morning unsure of where they're going to get their meal or if they'll have a meal. These individuals, they're not people who live in a far off place, people who will never have to see this isn't something we can avoid or ignore. They live right under our noses. I break down the numbers why our current system to "Help" the poor will NEVER work. Instead we should Empower them. Watch my TedX Talk presentation to learn how we can eradicate poverty all around the world.

Can the current model of humanitarian aid generated by networks of large philanthropic foundations, NGOs, and Western governments actually alleviate the poverty of the world’s Bottom Billion, to quote the title of Paul Collier’s book? This podcast with the Acton Institute’s Michael Miller, director of the new Poverty Cure Initiative, puts forward a persuasive case […]

This week's guest on Free Exchange, the CapX podcast, is Sir Paul Collier, Professor of Economics at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford.As a development economist, Paul has spent his life tackling some of the thorniest and most important questions around: what is holding the world’s poorest back? And what can be done to give them a route out of that poverty? His bestselling book The Bottom Billion, published a decade ago, quickly became a must-read for anyone remotely interested in the area.More recently, however, Paul's focus has changed. His latest book, The Future of Capitalism, deals with what he thinks has gone wrong not in a failed African state, but here in the West. And he thinks our political and economic system isn’t living up to the promises we make about it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sir Paul Collier is the author of eight polemical works including The Bottom Billion (2007), The Plundered Planet (2012) and Exodus: How Migration is Changing Our World (2013). His eighth book The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties was published in 2018. It addresses the split across Western societies between a middle class of highly mobile professionals and a working class rooted in provincial cities that have been left behind. The only thing that can save us from deepening this divide, he believes, is a return to pragmatism that places a premium on belonging, obligation and reciprocity from the private firm to the nuclear family. Paul is professor of economics and public policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the World Conference of Science Journalists in October, Nathan Myhrvold, co-founder of Intellectual Ventures, charged innovation outfits with changing the lives of the world's most disadvantaged.  

At the World Conference of Science Journalists in October, Nathan Myhrvold, co-founder of Intellectual Ventures, charged innovation outfits with changing the lives of the world's most disadvantaged.  

A quick mid-week roundtable as we discuss Coinbase adding vault services for Ether and Litecoin. Also, coming back to our show after a little over two years, Fereshteh is an advocate of Afghan women's literacy and a true believer in women's empowerment through education and technology. Her passion is to improve their technical literacy. Her goal with Code To Inspire is educating Afghan women with in-demand programming skills, and empower them to add unique value to their communities, and inspire them to strive for financial and social independence. Since the last time she was on the show, lots of new things have developed. Fereshteh will expand the program to serve 80 female students, ages 14 to 25, helping these young women enter a competitive job market with highly marketable computer skills. Power to the people!

University of Oxford's Paul Collier weighs in on his book "Bottom Billion" on Bloomberg Surveillance with Tom Keene and Michael McKee. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

University of Oxford's Paul Collier weighs in on his book "Bottom Billion" on Bloomberg Surveillance with Tom Keene and Michael McKee.

This week we talk about very important issues as Fereshteh Forough (founder of Code to Inspire) talks to us about her experience as an Afghan refuge who grew up in Iran, and the power that technology and digital currencies have to empower women in even the most oppressive regions of the world.

In his universally acclaimed and award-winning book The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier argues 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. In this public lecture, Professor Collier explored how the private sector can engage to help the bottom billion. [Note: Variable sound level as Professor Collier paced at varying distances from recorder during presentation]

New report on low income countries helps strengthen IMF's monitoring framework.

Neglected tropical diseases afflict some of the world's most isolated communities. Yet they are not as obscure as many people think – the blinding bacterial disease trachoma existed in the United States and Europe until the early-20th century, and river blindness was brought to the Americas from Africa through the slave trade. Carter Center experts discuss how fighting these horrific, yet preventable diseases impact poverty and improve global health.

Om de hundratals drunknade i vad som kallas migranternas massgrav på tröskeln till Europa. När strålkastarna slocknat - vad händer med de hundratals miljoner människor på drift runt världen? Vad betyder nya policydokument för rättslösa, jagade och ovälkomna migranter? Röster om politikens möjligheter och politisk (o)vilja - från toppmöten i New York till EU:s hjärta i Bryssel. Ett fartyg med runt 200 migranter ombord förliste på fredagen i Medelhavet mellan Tunisien och Sicilien, minst 27 människor omkom. Olyckan inträffade bara en dryg vecka efter att mer än 300 människor drunknade när en flyktingbåt gick under utanför den italienska ön Lampedusa. Men vad händer med alla dem som ger sig av i dag, i morgon, i övermorgon?  Om resorna, som börjar långt innan migranterna når fram till båten som för dem i döden vet vi ingenting. Var kom de ifrån och vilka lämnar de efter sig? Vad var det de fruktade och vad var det de drömde om? Vilka blir reaktionerna nu? Kommer vi att få se den gångna veckans indignation i repris? Eller har de officiella rösterna redan blivit avtrubbade? Kanske fångar Emigrantvisan något av den obeskrivliga sorgen över förlorade liv och sönderslaget hopp, av skräcken och utsattheten när att riskera livet är den enda möjligheten att överleva. I det mer än hundrafemtioåriga skillingtrycket skildrades de svenska utvandrarnas fasor till havs: "Vi packades tillsammans uti ett osunt kvav, det var för oss att skåda liksom en öppen grav." "Nu blir en ömklig hunger, med sorg och gråt och gny, en jämmer som sig tränger till himlens höga sky. Och döden gruvligt härjar bland mänskorna ombord, man ser de döda kastas i havets vilda flod." Det har varit en vecka präglad av indignation och skam över de hundratals människor som har fått sätta livet till i sin desperata jakt efter bättre levnadsvillkor. En av veckans upprörda röster tillhörde Sveriges EU-kommissionär Cecilia Malmström, som Konflikts programledare Daniela Marquardt träffade för en kort intervju i hennes hemstad Göteborg. I EU:s hjärta Bryssel tror varken stadens papperslösa eller experter på något politiskt uppvaknande efter veckans tragedier i Medelhavet. Konflikts producent Anja Sahlberg åkte dit och träffade både papperslösa arbetare och Elizabeth Collet på Migration Policy Institute, MPI, och Michele LeVoy på paraplyorganisationen Picum. Konflikt bjöd in ambassadör Eva Åkerman Börje, som håller i det svenska ordförandeskapet för Global Forum on Migration and Development, och Andrea Spehar, statsvetare med fokus på migration vid Göteborgs universitet, för att prata om migration utifrån ett globalt och europeiskt perspektiv. Den brittiske ekonomiprofessorn Paul Collier, främst känd för boken The Bottom Billion, har nyligen kommit ut med en ny bok om just migration, med titeln Exodus. Syftet är att bidra med en politiskt neutral analys av ett tema som präglas av passion och polarisering, sa han när Konflikts Daniela Marquardt ringde upp honom. Producent: Anja Sahlberg Programledare: Daniela Marquardt

Despite a general policy of austerity and cut backs, the budget for development aid has been ring fenced by the coalition government. Frances Cairncross asks whether a more relaxed immigration policy might be a better way for the UK to help the developing world. The official aid budget is dwarfed by a private form of help for the developing world: remittances sent home by immigrants working in richer countries. So should governments keen to help the developing world encourage migration and remittances as a replacement for state-funded aid? "They have the key advantage that the people who send them know the people who are supposed to be receiving them... There's less opportunity for corruption and for waste... and they might have lower overhead costs," argues Owen Barder of the Center for Global Development. Frances Cairncross, rector of Exeter College, Oxford and former managing editor of The Economist, explores the limits of this free market alternative to state-funded development aid. Contributors include: Steve Baker Conservative MP for Wycombe Dilip Ratha Migration and remittances expert from the World Bank and the University of Sussex Owen Barder Senior fellow of Washington DC think-tank, the Center for Global Development Hetty Kovach Senior policy adviser to Oxfam Devesh Kapur Director of the Centre for the Advanced Study of India at the University of Pennsylvania Onyekachi Wambu From the African Foundation for Development, or AFFORD Alex Oprunenco Head of international programmes with Moldovan think-tank, Expert Grup Professor Paul Collier Author of The Bottom Billion and director at the Oxford University Centre for the study of African Economies Producers: Helen Grady and Daniel Tetlow.

In a videotaped lecture, Professor Rae discusses problems with using gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure for societal wellbeing. For example, GDP fails to capture wealth inequality and socially undesirable conditions that can increase GDP. He then touches on some of the "traps" presented in Paul Collier's book, The Bottom Billion, that are keeping the poorest of the developing countries mired in poverty. In the second half of lecture, a video of Paul Collier is shown in which the author urges the developed world to take as a model America's reconstruction package to post-WWII Europe. According to Collier, the developed world must rethink its aid and trade policies toward the developing world. Collier also discusses the relationship between democracy and the so-called "resource curse," and how the rich world can create institutions to support reformers in the poorest countries.

In a videotaped lecture, Professor Rae discusses problems with using gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure for societal wellbeing. For example, GDP fails to capture wealth inequality and socially undesirable conditions that can increase GDP. He then touches on some of the "traps" presented in Paul Collier's book, The Bottom Billion, that are keeping the poorest of the developing countries mired in poverty. In the second half of lecture, a video of Paul Collier is shown in which the author urges the developed world to take as a model America's reconstruction package to post-WWII Europe. According to Collier, the developed world must rethink its aid and trade policies toward the developing world. Collier also discusses the relationship between democracy and the so-called "resource curse," and how the rich world can create institutions to support reformers in the poorest countries.

Andy Sumner (IDS) and Claire Melamed (ODI) discuss the implications of Andy's paper, Global Poverty and The New Bottom Billion.

Andy Sumner (IDS) and Claire Melamed (ODI) discuss the implications of Andy's paper, Global Poverty and The New Bottom Billion.

Paul Collier, Oxford Professor and author of The Bottom Billion, launched a discussion based on his latest publication, The Plundered Planet. Building on his work in developing countries and the poorest populations, Collier argued for proper stewardship of natural assets as a matter of planetary urgency. His arguments charted a course between unchecked profiteering on the one hand, and environmental romanticism on the other to offer realistic and sustainable solutions to these dauntingly complex issues.

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Natural resources have the potential either to transform the poorest countries or to tear them apart, while the carbon emissions and agricultural follies of the wealthier world could further impoverish them. The impact of unchecked profiteering and the exploitation of natural resources by various actors has only helped to exacerbate a range of problems--including global warming, food shortages, and violent conflict. Building upon his renowned work on developing countries and teaching the poorest populations to confront the global mismanagement of nature, Paul Collier offers realistic and sustainable solutions to help poor countries rich in natural assets to better manage those resources, proposes policy changes that would raise the world food supply, and offers a clear-headed approach to climate change. The former director of research for the World Bank and current Director of Oxford’s Center for the Study of African Economies, Collier is perhaps best known as the award-winning author of The Bottom Billion, a highly-acclaimed work that The Economist wrote was set to become a classic, and the Financial Times praised it as rich in both analysis and recommendations.

Ann Velenchik reads an excerpt from The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier, published by Oxford University Press. (4:42) "Suppose your country is dirt poor, almost stagnant economically, and that few people are educated. You don't have to try that hard to imagine this condition; our ancestors lived this way."

Paul Collier, award-winning author of books such as "The Bottom Billion," and "War, Guns, and Votes," and professor of economics and director of the Center for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University, leads a Conversation that takes a closer look at the impact of elections in Africa and what is needed to make democracy hold in developing countries. Collier is joined on a panel by David Carroll, director of the Carter Center's Democracy Program; Tom Crick, associate director of the Center's Conflict Resolution Program; and Jennifer McCoy, director of the Center's Americas Program. Carter Center Vice President for Peace Programs John Stremlau moderates.

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Prof. Paul Collier discusses the contradiction of resource rich countries with troubled economies, including how the harnessing of natural assets can go wrong, and what can be done to ensure their correct handling.

Prof. Paul Collier discusses the contradiction of resource rich countries with troubled economies, including how the harnessing of natural assets can go wrong, and what can be done to ensure their correct handling.

Some developing countries have achieved rapid economic growth and poverty reduction while others have stagnated. This talk will review the determinants of success and the prospects for lagging regions to improve performance and eliminate poverty. Achieving an end-state of "zero" has emerged as an important policy goal for a number of 21st Century challenges. The most prominent example is the "Global Zero" campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons. Yet, in a century of globalization, when the life of every individual is directly affected by a vast network of forces beyond their control, this concept has the power to inspire action on some of the most intractable problems of our time.

Paul Collier talks about his prize winning book The Bottom Billion, and his new book published this month in the UK, Wars Guns and Votes.

Paul Collier talks about his prize winning book The Bottom Billion, and his new book published this month in the UK, Wars Guns and Votes.

Is the stunning title of a book written by a Swedish journalist, Bengt Nilsson and reviewed by New African magazine. Read it here. The author makes the case that the money to finance the wars in Africa has to come from somewhere and so goes about following the paper trail which leads him back to his own country. Using sources such as Oxfam, Economist Paul Collier (who’s book “The Bottom Billion” seeks to address aid and other issues) and local accounts he shows how aid can easily be diverted from its intended goals and worst still, condoned by the inaction of the donor country – in this case, Sweden. I hoped that this blog would not turn into a summary bashing of the aid agenda but what can I say now? Hopefully, these revelations can lead to a better measure of transparency and debate of the aid dogma. Aid has it’s place but ineptitude mixed with good intentions is a 4 lane superhighway to hell. If your friend is an alcoholic do not give him whisky when he says he’s thirsty.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Poetry of Creation* for Sunday, 18 May 2008; book review: *The Bottom Billion; Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It* by Paul Collier (2007); film review: *U23D* (2008); poem review: *O Eternal Lord* by Hildegard of Bingen.

Paul Collier, Professor of Economics at Oxford University, delivers the 2008 Lionel Gelber Public Lecture on his award-winning book, ?The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It?.

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.

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.