“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“Forty percent of all post-conflict situations, historically, have reverted back to conflict within a decade.”
— Paul Collier
Paul Collier's new rules for rebuilding a broken nation
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“Does an election produce an accountable and legitimate government? What an election produces is a winner and a loser. And the loser is unreconciled.”
— Paul Collier
Paul Collier's new rules for rebuilding a broken nation
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“In post-conflict situations we don’t just need Doctors Without Borders, we need Bricklayers Without Borders.”
— Paul Collier
Paul Collier's new rules for rebuilding a broken nation
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