The main question mark I have over the approach of "The Bottom Billion" by Paul Collier is its reliance on GDP and GDP growth as a measure of development and success. It's a blunt instrument and Charles Kenny thinks we should be looking at other aspects.
Link to Charles Kenny's blog where a link to the book should be appearing http://charleskenny.blogs.com/.
Link to blog post about the book http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/06/15/the-success-of-development/
