Tag: Paul Collier
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Assess the View that Poor Countries Will Always Remain Poor (20)
An essay plan including Modernisation and Dependency Theory, Neoliberalism and World System’s Theory, Bottom Billion and Neo-Modernisation theory, as well as contemporary trends such as war and conflict and environmental decline and case studies such as India, China, Afghanistan and Haiti. Introduction The view in the question is most closely associated with Dependency Theory which argued that poor countries…
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War, Conflict and Development – Key Terms
War and Conflict, Definitions of Key Concepts War – organized, armed, and often a ‘prolonged conflict’ that is carried on between states, nations, or other parties. It is intentional and widespread armed conflict between political communities Civil War – a war where the forces in conflict belong to the same nation or political entity and…
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The Bottom Billion – Paul Collier – A Summary
Global poverty has been falling for decades, but a few countries which are caught in four distinct traps (such as the resource curse) are falling behind and falling apart. Aid does not work well in these places but there are things we can and should do because neglect will pose a security nightmare for the…
