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Without an informed electorate, politicians will continue to use the bottom billion merely for photo opportunities, rather than promoting real transformation.

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

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

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Most conduct is guided by norms rather than by laws. Norms are voluntary and are effective because they are enforced by peer pressure.

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

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Paul Collier

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Born: April 25, 1949 (age 76)
Bio: Sir Paul Collier is professor of economics and public policy in the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford.
Known for:
  1. The Bottom Billion (2007)
  2. Exodus: How Migration is Changing Our World (2013)
  3. Wars, guns, and votes (2009)

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