Paul Collier

Sir Paul Collier CBE ( born 1949 ) is a British economist.

Collier is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for African Economies at Oxford University. Previously, he was head of the research department of the World Bank. He is one of the leading experts on African economies and the economies of developing countries.

Since 2008 he is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 2014 he was elevated to knighthood.

For his book Exodus: How migration is changing the World Collier conducted research on the economic and social consequences of migration. He advocates for lower and selective immigration from developing countries to Europe and the United States, referring in particular to the research of Robert Putnam about the consequences of social fragmentation on mutual trust between the citizens of the country. On the other hand, occurs Collier for the legalization of illegal immigrants, particularly in the USA.

Works

  • Macro -economic policy, employment and living standards in Malawi and Tanzania, 1973-84. ILO, Geneva, 1988, ISBN 92-2-106673-8.
  • Labour and Poverty in Rural Tanzania. Ujamaa and Rural Development in the United Republic of Tanzania. Oxford University Press, New York, 1991, ISBN 0-19-828315-6.
  • The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-531145-7. ( German: The Bottom Billion Why the poorest countries are failing and what we can do about it .. Beck, 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-57223-4. . )
  • Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places. Harper, 2009, ISBN 978-0-06-147963-2. ( German: Hazardous choice: How to achieve democratization in the poorest countries of the world Siedler Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-88680-936-3. . )
  • The Plundered Planet. Why We Must, and How We Can, Manage Nature for Global Prosperity. Penguin, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84614-223-9. ( German: The Hungry Planet: How can we increase prosperity, without plundering the earth Siedler Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-88680-941-7. . )
  • Exodus: How migration is changing the World. Oxford University Press, 2013 ISBN 978-0-1953-9865-6
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