"A Ghetto Of Misery and Discontent"

Collier chooses not to list the names of the 58 countries that he considers to be "failing" nations because he feels that naming these countries creates a "stigma" that leads to a "self-fulfilling prophecy of failure" which he believes already exists. Instead, he chooses to use some of these nations in stories that illustrate the issues that these nations face and specific ways in which the leaders of those nations (and others) reacted which ameliorated or exacerbated the problems.

Collier makes it explicitly clear that he does not believe that there is a such thing as an "Africa Effect."

In other words, Africa doesn't make things happen. Instead, African states have many of the characteristics that make a nation more prone to failure.

Collier uses the term Africa+ to describe the 58 nations that he considers to be failing; these span the globe and can be found throughout Africa, Central Asia and in areas of the Caribbean as well as a smattering in other regions.

Collier notes that these nations are very different, but they all have one commonality: they are small, which means that their per capita income is typically very low.

Collier points out that it is precisely because these countries are so small with small economies that they tend to be overlooked or devalued; if a nation does not show that it can provide some economic benefit to other nations, there will be less attention paid.

Which means that those nations/people most in need of help (absolute poor) will be overlooked in favor of those nations/peoples who have more to offer the world (relative poor).

Collier states that as time goes on these countries will form a "ghetto of misery and discontent" that will begin to impact other nations.

Afghanistan, according to Collier is an excellent example of how this happens.

http://http//www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/asia/afghanistan/timeline/index.html

Collier argues that there are reproduceable strategies that would have been able to avert the crisis in Afghanistan and these strategies can be used to avert and/or mitigate looming crises in other nations.

All that is missing. he feels, is the will and commitment to do so.