Since Collier goes in depth of the four types of traps the bottom billion countries struggle with, he also offers solutions for those countries to benefit from globalization. Paul Collier establishes that we, as a strong state, are not capable of fully building these countries up on our own resources, Africa + has to work from within to succeed. However, he still hypocritically promotes aid and military intervention in these countries. Foreign aid, according to Collier, is capable of speeding up the growth process but only to a certain extent. After 16 percent of the Gross Domestic Product is foreign aid, anything more will become ineffective for the weak or failed state. Foreign aid will most likely fail, with a few winners succeeding from the assistance. In most of these weak or failed states, the military is extremely corrupt, destructive, and abuses the use of aid. Consequently, Collier suggests the use of foreign military intervention to provide security to these states and …show more content…
To begin, as Collier explains in his book that celebrities marginalizes the help Africa needs without any action, Olopade goes even further by spelling out that the pictures and videos of Africa being filled with beggars is unrealistic. African countries provide one of the highest rates of re-payment than other weak or failed states. Contrasting from Collier, Olopade states that Africa hosts seven of the ten fastest economic growth countries in the world, currently. Additionally, the starving African children shown across the United States are not to feel sorry for. Olopade describes that the children of Africa are very strong and courageous humans that are taught to live without fear each day as the hike around six miles to reach their education facilities. African children are thankful for what they are given and are acclimated to this