Paul Collier Livres

"Europe is facing its greatest refugee crisis since the Second World War, yet the institutions responding to it remain virtually unchanged from those created in the post-war era. As neighbouring countries continue to bear the brunt of the Syrian catastrophe, European governments have enacted a series of ill-considered gestures, from shutting their borders to welcoming refugees without a plan for their safe passage or integration upon arrival. With a deepening crisis and a xenophobic backlash in Europe, it is time for a new vision for refuge. Going beyond the scenes of desperation which have become all-too-familiar in the past few years, Alexander Betts and Paul Collier show that this crisis offers an opportunity for reform if international policy makers focus on delivering humane, effective and sustainable outcomes (both for Europe and for countries that border conflict zones). Refugees need more than simply food, tents and blankets, and research demonstrates that they can offer tangible economic benefits to their adopted countries if given the right to work and education. An urgent and necessary work, Refuge sets out an alternative vision that can empower refugees to help themselves, contribute to their host societies, and even rebuild their countries of origin"--Provided by the publisher.

The world is in a mess. For more than a billion people, everyday life is played out against the backdrop of civil wars, military coups and failing economies. For them, the peaceful democracy taken for granted in the West seems an impossible pipe-dream.

Mass international migration is a response to extreme global inequality, and immigration has a profound impact on the way we live. Yet our views - and those of our politicians - remain caught between two extremes- popular hostility to migrants, tinged by xenophobia and racism; and the view of business and liberal elites that 'open doors' are both economically and ethically imperative. Few issues are so urgently in need of dispassionate analysis - and few are more incendiary. Clear-headed and insightful, Exodusseeks to defuse this explosive subject. Paul Collier, an internationally renowned economist and leading expert on global poverty, looks at how the effects of extreme inequality are changing our world. He shows how people from the world's poorest societies struggle to migrate to the rich West; examines the effects on those left behind and on the host societies; and explores the impulses and thinking that inform Western immigration policy. Bringing sharp analysis and practical wisdom to this divisive issue, Collier argues that, while we must guard against the evils of nationalism, national identity does matter - and migration controls are increasingly important tools of social policy. What is wrong is not that migrant controls exist, but that their design is so inept. It is not a question of whether migration is bad or good - but how much migration is best.

The Bottom Billion is an elegant and impassioned synthesis from one of the world's leading experts on Africa and poverty. It was hailed as "the best non-fiction book so far this year" by Nicholas Kristoff of The New York Times.

"Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies: thriving cities versus the provinces, the highly skilled elite versus the less educated, wealthy versus developing countries. As these divides deepen, we have lost the sense of ethical obligation to others that was crucial to the rise of post-war social democracy. So far these rifts have been answered only by the revivalist ideologies of populism and socialism, leading to the seismic upheavals of Trump, Brexit and the return of the far right in Germany. We have heard many critiques of capitalism but no one has laid out a realistic way to fix it, until now. In a passionate and polemical book, celebrated economist Paul Collier outlines brilliantly original and ethical ways of healing these rifts - economic, social and cultural - with the cool head of pragmatism, rather than the fervour of ideological revivalism. He reveals how he has personally lived across these three divides, moving from working-class Sheffield to hyper-competitive Oxford, and working between Britain and Africa, and acknowledges some of the failings of his profession. Drawing on his own solutions as well as ideas from some of the world's most distinguished social scientists, he shows us how to save capitalism from itself - and free ourselves from the intellectual baggage of the 20th century."--Publisher description

Argues that technological innovation, environmental protection, and regulation are key to managing the planet's natural resources and ensuring equitable development

"Two of the UK's leading economists call time on selfishness as the engine of prosperity. The idea that people are basically driven by individualism and economic incentives, and that prosperity and good societies come from top-down leadership, has dominated politics for the last thirty years (from some perspectives, much longer). This book shows that the age of homo economicus and centralisation is coming to an end. Instead, Collier and Kay argue that community and mutuality will be the drivers of successful societies in the future - as they are already in some parts of the world. They show how politics can reverse the move to extremes of right and left in recent years, that the centre can hold, and that if we think differently we can find common ground to the benefit of all"--Amazon.com

The world-renowned economist offers a ground-breaking new vision for inclusive prosperity Left behind places can be found in prosperous countries--from South Yorkshire, integral to the industrial revolution and now England's poorest county, to Barranquilla, once Colombia's portal to the Caribbean and now struggling. More alarmingly, the poorest countries in the world are diverging further from the rest of humanity. Why have these places fallen further behind? And what can we do about it? World-renowned development economist Paul Collier has spent his life working in neglected communities. In this book he offers his candid diagnosis of why some regions and countries are falling further behind, and a new vision for how they can catch up. Collier lays the blame for widening inequality on stale economic orthodoxies that prioritize market forces and centralized bureaucracies like the UK Treasury. In contrast, a new wave of academic research has revealed the crucial role of collective learning, social capital and local agency in reversing decline and equalising life-chances. Drawing on insights from social psychology, moral philosophy and behavioural economics, as well as a range of illuminating case studies, Collier shares a galvanizing vision for a more inclusive, prosperous world.

Migrace je jednou z nejnaléhavějších a nejkontroverznějších otázek naší doby – vehementně diskutovaná, prodchnutá ideologií, hluboce rozdělující. Komu by mělo být dovoleno migrovat a komu ne? Jaké jsou argumenty pro a proti omezování počtu imigrantů? Paul Collier, renomovaný ekonom a autor bestseleru Miliarda nejchudších, v této knize jasně a výstižně vykládá, jaké dopady má migrace na společnost, a k čemu by vedla neomezená migrace. Na základě vlastního výzkumu i výsledků výzkumů dalších odborníků autor vysvětluje problém migrace ze tří perspektiv – z perspektivy migrantů samotných, dále těch, kteří zůstávají ve své vlasti a nakonec z perspektivy obyvatel zemí, které migranty přijímají. Imigrace je jednoduchou ekonomickou rovnicí, ale její dopady jsou složité. Exodus potvrzuje, jak zásadní bude migrační politika ve světě, a zároveň navrhuje řešení, která by pomohla zrychlující se migraci zvládnout. Kniha nabízí provokativní a velmi výstižnou analýzu problému, který se dotýká nás všech.

Profesor ekonomie a znalec ekonomiky afrických zemí Paul Collier nabízí ve své aktuální knize převratný pohled na problém světové chudoby a její řešení. Podle Colliera je většina tzv. "rozvojových zemí" dnes fakticky na vzestupu a náleží do globální ekonomiky. Zhruba miliarda lidí v asi padesátce nejchudších zemí však zůstává tímto pozitivním vývojem naprosto nedotčena. Tím, co těmto zemím brání v rozvoji, jsou "pasti" různého druhu ("past ozbrojeného konfliktu", "past špatné vlády v malé zemi" atd.), jejichž vinou dochází k trvalé stagnaci, nebo dokonce k propadu. Právě identifikace těchto pastí a možné cesty k jejich odstranění tvoří jádro knihy. Collier přitom zkoumá problém chudoby na základě přesných ekonomických analýz a dat. Konvenční pomoc nejchudším zemím se podle něj často míjí účinkem, protože bývá krátkozrace vedena emocemi bez hlubšího prozkoumání možných negativních efektů, a tedy i bez možnosti jim zamezit. Collier proto předkládá zcela novou strategii k odstranění stávajících "pastí", zahrnující aktivity v právní, ekonomické, v krajní podobě i vojenské oblasti. Vydání první