Not all developing countries are the same.
Paul CollierMots clés poverty development
Rebels usually have something to complain about, and if they don't they make it up. All too often the really disadvantaged are in no position to rebel; they just suffer quietly.
Paul CollierMots clés poverty
Suppose a country starts its independence with the three economic characteristics that globally make a country prone to civil war: low income, slow growth, and dependence upon primary commodity exports. It is playing Russian roulette. That is not just an idle metaphor: the risk that a country in the bottom billion falls into civil war in any five-year period is nearly one in six, the same risk facing a player of Russian roulette.
Paul CollierMots clés war poverty development
Persuading everyone to behave decently to each other because the society is so fragile is a worthy goal, but it may be more straightforward just to make the societies less fragile, which means developing their economies.
Paul CollierMots clés war poverty development
Here is the chance for young women and young men of devotion to lift again the banner of humanity and to walk toward a civilization which will be free and intelligent; which will be healthy and unafraid, and build in the world a culture led by black folk and joined by peoples of all colors and all races - without poverty, ignorance and disease!
W.E.B. Du BoisMots clés youth civilization poverty devotion disease
Launching a turnaround takes courage. I cannot measure that and so it is not going to be included in my analysis, but behind the moments of change there are always a few people within these societies who have decided to try to make a difference.
Paul CollierMots clés courage heroism poverty social-change
Where you live should not determine whether you live, or whether you die.
BonoSo I heard the boom of my father's rifle when he shot my best friend. A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that.
Sherman AlexieMots clés friendship death poverty dark-humor poor
Where people are really attached, poverty itself is wealth.
Jane AustenMots clés wealth poverty attachment
A Man's management of his own purse speaks volumes about character
Thomas JeffersonMots clés poverty economy bankrupt
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