Left behind: a new economics for neglected places
Professor Paul Collier explores why places in prosperous countries are left to fall behind and what we can do about it.
Professor Paul Collier explores why places in prosperous countries are left to fall behind and what we can do about it.
Thursday 13 June 2024 | 56 minutes 11 seconds
Left behind places can be found in prosperous countries — from South Yorkshire, integral to the industrial revolution and now England’s poorest county, to Barranquilla, once Colombia’s portal to the Caribbean and now struggling. More alarmingly, the poorest countries in the world are diverging further from the rest of humanity.