Who is in the bottom billion?
According to Paul Collier, the 8 industrialized nations, known as the G8, will have to make a priority out of developing laws to help these ‘bottom billion’ populations. This group consists of the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, Canada, France, and Russia.
Where does bottom billion live?
Among these, 51.6% reside in South Asia, 32.7% reside in Sub- Saharan Africa, and 12.3% reside in East Asia and Pacific. India and China are home to the largest numbers of bottom billion poor: nearly 40% of the bottom billion poor reside in India.
Is the bottom billion still relevant?
There is a new ‘bottom billion’, recent research shows, consisting of 960 million poor people or 72% of the world’s poor. The new ‘bottom billion’ live not in poor countries but in middle-income countries….Under-5 mortality: Average vs poorest (per 1000)
| MDG average | Poorest 20% | |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 31 | 53 |
Why are the poorest countries failing?
Collier argues the plight of the ‘bottom billion’ is that they are caught in one (or often several) of four traps; (i) conflict; (ii) mismanaged dependency on natural resources; (iii) weak governance in a small country; and (iv) economic isolation among other very poor economies, with access to big markets available …
Which region do most of the bottom billion live?
Surprisingly, the poorest billion people are distributed across 100 countries. Among these, 51.6% reside in South Asia, 32.7% reside in Sub- Saharan Africa, and 12.3% reside in East Asia and Pacific.
Where do the vast majority 70 %) of those in the bottom billion live?
The vast majority (70 percent) of the people in the bottom billion are in Africa, but countries such as Haiti, Bolivia, and Laos also have significant numbers of people who are part of the bottom billion.