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SUMMARY:The Plundered Planet: Why We Must-and How We Can-Manage Nature for
  Global Prosperity - Professor Paul Collier\, Fmr Director of Development 
 Research at the World Bank and Director of the Centre for the Study of Afr
 ican Economies at Oxford
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CONTACT:Lindsay Chura
DESCRIPTION:Paul Collier is Professor of Economics and Director of the Cen
 tre for the Study of African Economies at Oxford University and a former d
 irector of Development Research at the World Bank. In addition to the awar
 d-winning The Bottom Billion \, he is the author of Wars\, Guns\, and Vote
 s: Democracy in Dangerous Places.\n\nIn The Plundered Planet (released 6 M
 ay 2010)\, Collier builds upon his renowned work on developing countries a
 nd the poorest populations to confront the global mismanagement of nature.
  \nGrounded in a belief in the power of informed citizens\, Collier propos
 es a series of international standards that would help poor countries rich
  in natural assets better manage those resources\, policy changes that wou
 ld raise world food supply\, and a clear-headed approach to climate change
  that acknowledges the benefits of industrialization while addressing the 
 need for alternatives to carbon trading. Revealing how these are all inter
 connected\, Professor Collier will discuss a way forward to avoid the mism
 anagement of the natural world that threatens our future.\n
LOCATION:Queens Lecture Theatre\, Emmanuel College
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