# Paul Collier on the "bottom billion"

Around the world right now, one billion people are trapped in poor or failing countries. How can we help them? Economist Paul Collier lays out a bold, compassionate plan for closing the gap between rich and poor.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2008
- Runtime: 16 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/PaulCollier_2008)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/PaulCollier_2008?play=1)