The bottom billion: why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it

What's the issue. Falling behind and falling apart : the bottom billion

The traps. The conflict trap

The natural resource trap

Landlocked with bad neighbors

Bad governance in a small country

An interlude : globalization to the rescue. On missing the boat : the marginalization of the bottom billion in the world economy

Aid to the rescue?

Military intervention

Laws and charters

Trade policy for reversing marginalization

The struggle for the bottom billion. An agenda for action.