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WAR, GUNS AND VOTES |
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3/3/2009
- 3/3/2009 |
| On March 3, 2009, Oxford Professor and Director of the Study of African Economies Paul Collier presented his new book, “Wars, Guns and Votes” at the International Monetary Fund. World Bank Institute Vice-President Sanjay Pradhan facilitated the session, which featured additional commentary by World Bank Chief Economist of the Africa Region, Shanta Devarajan. In his presentation, Collier discussed the relationship between civil wars and political leadership to poverty. The book focuses on political leadership in dangerous places, and the struggle for power after the wave of democracy of the 1990s in Africa, Asia and Latin America. |
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