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Poverty in Africa has been rising for the last quarter-century, while it has been falling in the rest of the developing world. Africa's distinctive problem is that its economies have not been growing. This article attempts to synthesize a range of recent research to account for this failure of the growth process. I argue that the reasons lie not in African peculiarities but rather in geographic features that globally cause problems but that are disproportionately pronounced in Africa. These features interact to create three distinct challenges that are likely to require international interventions beyond the conventional reliance on aid.

In diesem Werk widmet sich Paul Collier einem Gefahrenherd, der den gesamten Planeten bedroht: dem Raubbau an unseren natürlichen Ressourcen. Unter unserem verschwenderischen Umgang mit Rohstoffen leiden vor allem die Entwicklungsländer, denn von Umweltzerstörung, Nahrungsmittelkrisen und Klimawandel sind sie besonders stark betroffen. Wie ist es möglich, den ärmsten Ländern zu helfen, die ständig wachsende Weltbevölkerung zu versorgen und unsere Lebensgrundlagen dennoch zu schützen? Paul Collier zeigt neue Wege, wie wir unsere ökologischen und ökonomischen Interessen in Einklang bringen können. Denn nur wenn wir die Nutzung der natürlichen Ressourcen regulieren und uns technischen Innovationen nicht verschliessen, werden die Länder der untersten Milliarde der Armut entkommen und auch in den Industrieländern Wohlstand und Umwelt bewahrt

"Collier has made a substantial contribution to current discussions. His evidence-based approach is a worthwhile corrective to the assumptions about democracy that too often tend to dominate when Western policy makers talk about the bottom billion." -The New York Times Book Review "Before President Obama makes a move he would do well to read Professor Paul Collier's Wars, Guns, and Votes. . . Unlike many academics Collier comes up with very concrete proposals and some ingenious solutions." - The Times (London) In Wars, Guns, and Votes, esteemed author Paul Collier offers a groundbreaking, radical look at the world's most violent, corrupt societies, how they got that way, and what can be done to break the cycle. George Soros calls Paul Collier "one of the most original minds in the world today," and Wars, Guns, and Votes, like Collier's previous award-winning book The Bottom Billion, is essential reading for anyone interested in current events, war, poverty, economics, or international business.