0141042141 
Book The plundered planet : how to reconcile prosperity with nature / Paul Collier.
Publication year: 2011
Format: Book
Publisher: London : Penguin,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9780141042145 (pbk.) :
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Originally published: New York: Oxford University Press; London: Allen Lane, 2010.
'The Plundered Planet' is a paradigm-changing intervention and essential reading for anyone concerned about our future on this planet. In The Plundered Planet: How to Reconcile Prosperity with Nature Paul Collier proposes a radical and often counter-intuitive rethink of international policy in order to combat global poverty and environmental devastation. How can we help poorer countries become richer without harming the planet? Is there a way of reconciling prosperity with nature? World-renowned economist Paul Collier offers smart, surprising and above all realistic answers to this dilemma. Steering a path between the desires of unchecked profiteering and the romantic views of environmentalists, he explores creative ways to deal with poverty, overpopulation and climate change - showing that the solutions needn't cost the earth. 'A practical handbook for ending world poverty. He wants us to read the evidence, not wear slogans on our T-shirts' Sunday Times 'Collier and his team have r
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xv, 271 p. ; 20 cm.
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