"We Have A Word For Those Who Live On The Immoral Earnings Of Others: Pimps"

Collier writes that one of the problems with changing bad governance and bad policy is that the rich nations turn a blind eye to the problems that this causes in order to make their profits higher. Collier admonishes rich nations for being "save havens for bottom billion criminals" and states that it is the responsibility of the governments of these wealthy and influential nations to enact changes in their laws so as to benefit the bottom billion and to create a st of international norms that will dictate the behavior of the governments and officials in the bottom billion.

Again, Collier believes that change in a society must come from within, but he feels that wealthy nations can support those changes, but have been unwilling to do so in the past (and present).

Collier cites two main areas of corruption in bottom billion countries that urgently need addressing (construction and resource extraction)**

While there have been steps to address these issues (Britain's Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative), it has not been nearly enough to make changes in a deeply entrenched system of bribery, kickbacks and theft. Collier proposes 4 international charters to address the issue of illegal activities:

1. charter for democracy: an international effort to promote a system of checks and balances; Collier suggest requiring that radio stations be privately owned so that the government can not use them for their own propaganda needs
2. charter for budget transparency: forcing bottom billion governments to make public the way that they spend their funds; this allows people to see what the should be getting and to have a method of filing complaints when this does not happen
3. charter for post conflict situations: guidance for international donors and security apparatus to manage the volatile period after a conflict; Collier believes that handling this situation correctly can lead to the implementation of many necessary changes that will aid development and growth
4. charter for investment: following these guidelines would be a good way for nations intent on reforming to show that they are serious about making changes; this is to separate them from those nations that are merely looking for more money without reform(the Multilateral Agreement on Investment)**

These charters are easily created and enforced, but the will of the international community must be there, and Collier admits that to this point, it has not been.

**Read about the construction response to corruption and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment in the 'Knowledge' section**