Rezagados : Una nueva economía para lugares olvidados

Even in the world's most developed countries, we can find regions that have fallen behind: from South Yorkshire, a place that was pivotal during the Industrial Revolution and is now the poorest county in England, to Barranquilla, once Colombia's gateway to the Caribbean and now facing serious challenges. It is even more alarming to observe how inequalities between these areas and the rest of the world have widened over the last century. Why have we forgotten these places? And what can we do about it? Paul Collier, the acclaimed economist who has dedicated his life to working with disadvantaged communities, offers in this book a candid diagnosis of how some territories are crumbling due to non-interventionist strategies and centralized bureaucracies, but he also offers a hopeful message: there are ways to revitalize them. Drawing on inspiring case studies—such as the Basque Country, formerly a separatist region torn apart by terrorism and division, and now considered a national treasure, or Bangladesh, now a dynamic and rapidly growing market—Laggards shows that economic regeneration is achievable through a combination of collective learning, moral leadership, and local action. With sharp insight, Collier draws lessons from seemingly disparate fields such as behavioral psychology, evolutionary biology, and moral philosophy to share a bold and stimulating vision of a more inclusive and prosperous world.