Quotes by Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It

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Persuading everyone to behave decently to each other because the society is so fragile is a worthy goal, but it may be m — Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Suppose a country starts its independence with the three economic characteristics that globally make a country prone to — Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used. — Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Launching a turnaround takes courage. I cannot measure that and so it is not going to be included in my analysis, but be — Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Rebels usually have something to complain about, and if they don't they make it up. All too often the really disadvantag — Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Without an informed electorate, politicians will continue to use the bottom billion merely for photo opportunities, rath — Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Not all developing countries are the same. — Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Poverty is not intrinsically a trap, otherwise we would all still be poor. — Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Electorates tend to get the politicians they deserve. — Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens. — Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It