Rich State, Poor State: Why Some Countries Succeed and Others Fail

Bestselling author Greg Mills explores why some states thrive while others fail in Rich State, Poor State. He interviews current and former presidents, prime ministers, and government officials to identify the factors that contribute to success and failure. Mills argues that better choices, policies, and implementation can lead to poverty to prosperity.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 01 September 2023
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Why do some states thrive, grow their economies, and uplift their people, while others, facing similar challenges, slide into low growth, social dysfunction, and failure? After decades of work on the ground in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, bestselling author Greg Mills seeks to provide answers in Rich State, Poor State. After decades of work on the ground in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, bestselling author Greg Mills seeks to provide answers in Rich State, Poor State. On each continent he traverses, Mills interrogates the how and why. How did Botswana go from being one of the least-developed and poorest nations at independence to enjoying the highest rate of per capita growth of any country in the world? Why has South Africa failed to attain similar heights? How did the Baltic states achieve reforms that have positioned them among the best-performing economies in Europe? How did Vietnam overcome a traumatic past in favor of a rapid and positive development transformation? Why is Mexico the only large developing economy that competes with China in manufacturing? Drawing from interviews with current and former presidents, prime ministers, and key government officials across the globe, as well as research from leading institutions to enrich his fieldwork, Mills contrasts the successes and the failures, and in so doing, seeks to determine a path for the next generation of leaders. Insightful and inspiring, Rich State, Poor State shows that with better choices, the right policies, and the will to implement them, it is entirely possible to travel the road from poverty to prosperity.

Why do some states thrive, grow their economies, and uplift their people, while others, facing similar challenges, slide into low growth, social dysfunction, and failure? After decades of work on the ground in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, bestselling author Greg Mills seeks to provide answers in Rich State, Poor State.

After decades of work on the ground in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, bestselling author Greg Mills seeks to provide answers in Rich State, Poor State.

On each continent he traverses, Mills interrogates the how and why.

How did Botswana go from being one of the least-developed and poorest nations at independence to enjoying the highest rate of per capita growth of any country in the world? Why has South Africa failed to attain similar heights? How did the Baltic states achieve reforms that have positioned them among the best-performing economies in Europe? How did Vietnam overcome a traumatic past in favor of a rapid and positive development transformation? Why is Mexico the only large developing economy that competes with China in manufacturing? Drawing from interviews with current and former presidents, prime ministers, and key government officials across the globe

and key government officials across the globe, as well as research from leading institutions to enrich his fieldwork, Mills contrasts the successes and the failures, and in so doing, seeks to determine a path for the next generation of leaders.

Insightful and inspiring, Rich State, Poor State shows that with better choices, the right policies, and the will to implement them, it is entirely possible to travel the road from poverty to prosperity.

Weight: 480g
Dimension: 234 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781776391394