Paul Collier
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Paul Collier, CBE is a Professor of Economics, Director for the Centre for the Study of African Economies at The University of Oxford and Fellow of St Antony's College. From 1998 – 2003 he was the director of the Development Research Group of the World Bank.[1]
Prof. Collier is a specialist in the political, economical and developmental predicaments of poor countries.[2] He holds a Distinction Award from Oxford University,[1] and in 1988 he was awarded the Edgar Graham Book Prize for the co-written Labour and poverty in rural Tanzania: Ujamaa and rural development in the United Republic of Tanzania.[3]
His most recent book, entitled "Wars, Guns and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places", was published in March 2009.
His previous book, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It (ISBN 0195311450), has been compared[2] to Jeffrey Sachs's The End of Poverty and William Easterly's The White Man's Burden, two influential books, which like Collier's book, discuss the pros and cons of developmental aid to developing countries.
His controversial contribution to the greed vs grievance debate in international relations has reinvigorated the debate. Collier has used probabilistic modelling to argue that economic causes correlate much more strongly with civil war onset than political causes, including the "ethnic and religious hatreds" which are often used to explain civil war.
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.[4]
He is currently working for the Copenhagen Consensus, where he is the expert on conflict.
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[edit] Work
[edit] Research Topics
- Governance in low-income countries, especially the political economy of democracy
- Economic growth in Africa
- Economics of civil war, aid, globalisation and poverty
- The greed vs grievance debate in international relations
[edit] Selected Publications
- Labour and poverty in rural Tanzania: Ujamaa and rural development in the United Republic of Tanzania
- The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It (ISBN 0195311450)
- (with Anke Hoeffler) ‘On economic causes of civil war’ Oxford Economic Papers, vol 50 iss 4, (1998), pp 563-573.
- (with Anke Hoeffler) ‘Greed and grievance in civil war’ Oxford Economic Papers, vol 56 iss 4, (2004), pp 563-595.
- (with Lisa Chauvet and Haavard Hegre) 'The Security Challenge in Conflict-Prone Countries', Copenhagen Consensus 2008 Challenge Paper, (2008).
- Wars, Guns and Votes; Democracy in Dangerous Places, Harper, (2009)
[edit] Video
- The Royal Economic Society's 2006 Annual Public Lecture, by Prof. Coller
- Interview with Fareed Zakaria on Foreign Exchange
- TED Conference, Paul Collier on "The Bottom Billion"
[edit] Press
- Review of the Bottom Billion by the Financial Times
- Review of the Bottom Billion in The New York Times
- Review of The Bottom Billion by William Easterly in The Lancet
- Review of the Bottom Billion by Mr Zine
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Paul Collier's Curriculum vitae". http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/members/biogs/collier.html.
- ^ a b "How to help the poorest: Springing the traps". economist.com. http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9581576. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
- ^ "IUB Libraries: Edgar Graham Book Prize (African Studies)". http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=2890.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58729, p. 7, 14 June 2008.
[edit] External links
- Prof. Paul Collier's home page at Oxford University
- Links to downloadable research papers on Africa, Aid, Conflict, Political Economy and other topics
- Interview with Paul Collier by J. Tyler Dickovick
- Video of recent talk at Oxford University - "The Bottom Billion"
- TED Talks: Paul Collier shares 4 ways to help the "bottom billion" at TED in 2008
