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The case for growth with Tim Besley and Paul Collier
No full textConversation between Professor Tim Besley (London School of Economics) and Professor Sir Paul Collier (University of Oxford) on the importance of economic growth to international development
Paul Collier (1949–)
No full textProfessor Sir Paul Collier is one of the leading development economists of the post-war generation. Studying under Max Corden at Oxford in the 1970s, his earliest research was in international trade theory. This was a foundation for later work on the economics of labour markets and natural resources in East Africa. Subsequently, he has been part of the re-engagement of development economics with other social sciences, and in particular political science, with influential work on the economics of civil wars, fragile States, aid effectiveness, and urbanisation. Apart from a period of time as research director at the World Bank, most of his career has been spent at Oxford, where he founded the Centre for the Study of African Economies.</p
Natural Resources and Violent Conflict: Options and Actions (Ian Bannon and Paul Collier, eds.)
No full textReview of Natural Resources and Violent Conflict: Options and Actions, edited by Ian Bannon and Paul Collier
Review of \u3cem\u3eThe Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties\u3c/em\u3e by Paul Collier
Full text linkBook review of: Paul Collier, The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties. HarperCollins (2018), 256 pages
Impact of the International Coffee Agreement's export quota system on the World's coffee market
Full text linkEx-post simulations of the global coffee model over the recent period of operation of the International Coffee Agreement's export quota system, (1981-86) show the following. The quota system had a stabilizing effect on world coffee prices in the 1981-85 period. In 1986, when coffee prices increased sharply due to the drought in Brazil and the export quotas were suspended, prices would have been 24 percent higher in the absence of quotas over the 1981-85 period. However, the quotas have reduced export revenues (in real terms), except for such large producers as Brazil and Colombia. These countries gained form the scheme because they face very small or even zero marginal export revenues from increased exports, due to their large market shares. In projections of the coffee market, with and without the export quota system, prices would be substantially lower during the first half of the 1990s if the quota system were suspended in 1990. But prices would recover in the second half of the decade as production and exports declined in lagged response to the very low prices of the first half.Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Markets and Market Access,Access to Markets,Crops&Crop Management Systems
ICARUS building 185 and 156 - Visit with Charlotte Warakaulle, Martin Steinacher, Paul Collier, Miguel Jimenez and Roberto Losito.
No full textICARUS building 185 and 156 - Visit with Charlotte Warakaulle, Martin Steinacher, Paul Collier, Miguel Jimenez and Roberto Losito
Europe, Africa and EPAs: opportunity or car-crash
No full text“Europe, Africa and EPAs: opportunity or car-crash?” with Paul Collier, Open Democracy, January 200
De l'avidité des rebelles : l'analyse économique de la guerre civile selon Paul Collier
Full text linkDernièrement trois courants ont acquis une influence particulière dans le débat universitaire ou politique sur les guerres civiles. Un de ces courants dont le chef de file est l'économiste Paul Collier, entend repenser cette catégorie de conflits et se caractérise par l'importance qu'il accorde à l'économie. Dans la perspective de cette approche, la rébellion est définie comme de la prédation et comme une « forme de criminalité organisée ». Ne prétendent pas analyser la construction interne du modèle, les auteurs se proposent d'en relever quelques-unes des faiblesses, en s'arrêtant, entre autres, sur la preuve donnée par Collier du principal mérite de son modèle, sa valeur de prédiction.Ultimamente, três correntes conquistaram uma influência especial no debate científico ou político sobre as guerras civis. Uma destas correntes, cujo porta-voz principal é o economista Paul Collier, pretende repensar esta categoria de conflitos acordando uma importância destacada à economia. Na lógica desta abordagem, a rebelião é definida como predatória e como «forma de criminalidade organizada». Sem querer analisar a construção interna do modelo, os autores propõem-se destacar algumas das suas fraquezas, procedendo, entre outros, a um exame crítico da prova oferecida por Collier para o que considera como o principal mérito deste modelo, a saber o seu valor de previsão.Lately three currents have conquered special influence on the academic and political debate on civil wars. One of these currents, headed by the economist Paul Collier, pursues the declared objective of rethinking this kind of conflict from the vantage point of a particular importance attributed to the economy. In the perspective of this approach, rebellion is defined as predatory and as a «form of organised crime». Without pretending to analyse the internal structure of the model, the authors try to point out some of its weaknesses. In this, they dwell above all on a critical exam of the proof offered by Collier for what he considers the main merit of his model, i.e. its predictive capacity
Book review: refuge: transforming a broken refugee system by Alexander Betts and Paul Collier
No full textIn Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System, Alexander Betts and Paul Collier set out to offer solutions to the flawed system of refugee management that has gained increasing attention through the emergence of the crisis discourse surrounding migration. While this ambitious book sets out to challenge this through restoring a narrative of hope, Gayle Munro questions whether its underlying optimism sufficiently grapples with the nature of the current political and legislative environment
Book review: The future of capitalism: facing the new anxieties by Paul Collier
No full textIn The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties, Paul Collier offers a forthright discussion of capitalism today that seeks to diagnosis and propose remedies for the anxieties shaping divisions between families, cities and nations. Staying away from clichés, ideology or populism, Collier calls our attention to pragmatism and the ‘hard centre’, and he is impressive in doing so in this notable book, writes Mehmet Emin Bayram
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