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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 will explore how the private sector can engage to help the bottom billion. Paul Collier is currently Advisor to the Strategy and Policy Department of the IMF; advisor to the Africa Region of the World Bank; and he has advised the British Government on its recent White Paper on economic development policy. His research covers the causes and consequences of civil war; the effects of aid and the problems of democracy and growth in low-income and natural-resources rich societies.

Collier is an advisor for several African governments, and is currently also advising on the agenda for the G8. His work focuses on the governance of natural resources, the development of fragile states, and making cities work better inlow-income countries.

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