Paul Collier, Ph.D.

World’s leading experts on developing markets, within the poorest countries

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Paul effectively demonstrates the value, and the virtue, in combining compassion with wise investment strategies
World’s Leading Expert on Global Poverty Solutions

Paul Collier, Ph.D., is one of the world’s leading experts on developing markets and financial opportunities within the poorest countries.

Director for the Centre of the Study of African Economies, Collier is currently Advisor to the Strategy and Policy Department of the IMF and advisor to the Africa Region of the World Bank, where he previously served as Director of the Development Research Group.

Collier is a particularly important for businesses and organizations concerned with emerging markets, as he effectively demonstrates the value, and the virtue, in combining compassion with wise investment strategies.

Collier writes a monthly column for the Independent, and his commentary also appears regularly in the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.

In his scope and impact, identifies the four traps that keep such countries mired in poverty, and outlines ways to help them escape.

He has twice been presented as a TED Speaker, a testimony to his unique importance in the global economy and his skill as a speaker.