Paul Collier is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, where he is also Professorial Fellow of St. Antony’s College and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of African Economies.
Nigeria has been getting a lot of bad press lately. But, while the militant Islamist group Boko Haram’s brutal campaign of kidnappings, bombings, and murder merits international concern, it should not… read more
Too often in Africa’s history, money that should have financed productive investment has been looted or squandered. The challenge now is to prevent the continent’s sad history of exploitation from rep… read more
Peacekeeping initiatives in post-conflict countries are expensive and complex, and the war in Iraq has undermined rich nations’ belief in their likely success. But, used as one part of a package that … read more
