Quotes by : Paul Collier

Without an informed electorate, politicians will continue to use the bottom billion merely for photo....

Change in the societies at the very bottom must come predominantly from within we cannot impose it on....

Launching a turnaround takes courage. I cannot measure that and so it is not going to be included in....

Persuading everyone to behave decently to each other because the society is so fragile is a worthy goal,....

Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens.

Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.

Not all developing countries are the same.

Electorates tend to get the politicians they deserve.

Poverty is not intrinsically a trap, otherwise we would all still be poor.

Rebels usually have something to complain about, and if they don't they make it up. All too often the....

Suppose a country starts its independence with the three economic characteristics that globally make....