Die unterste Milliarde

The multiple award-winning long-seller is now available in a new edition. The bottom billion refers to the poorest people on Earth, who have no share in the globally rising economic growth. Their life expectancy has fallen to fifty years, and one in seven children dies before reaching the age of five. For decades, the economies of these countries have been in free fall - with no prospect of improvement. In his critically acclaimed bestseller, Paul Collier explains how this extreme poverty came about and what can be done to combat it.