Structural Inequality : Origins and Quests for Solutions in Old Worlds and New

Preface -- Yemen: Qat and Water -- Arabia Felix -- A Parched Village -- A Legendary Dam -- Old City -- Roots of a Crisis -- Perverse Policies -- Dilemmas of Qat -- Excursions in History -- Markets for the Leaf -- In the Crux Who Pays? -- The Development Bargain -- Estonia: Shaping Freedom -- On Edge -- A Different Kind of Capitalism -- Northern Winter -- Cathedral Mountains -- Abandoned Lands -- From Songs to Markets -- Policies and Mindsets -- Social Ills -- Left Behind -- A Strategy Takes Shape -- Hope in the Potato Patches -- Mexico and El Salvador: Yearnings for Education -- Ragged Orator -- Why Is It So Hard? -- Honduras: Fights over Land -- Hurricanes and Fire -- A Colonial Heritage -- Clamors for Land -- Onions and Sugar Bricks -- Voices of Farmers -- Political Seasons -- Shrimp Ponds -- Presidential Deliberations -- Confrontations -- Polemics and Divisions -- Fading Hopes -- A Door Left Ajar -- A Clearing -- After a Lifetime -- An Archbishop’s Warning -- Shootout -- An Ancient Divide -- The Bishop’s World -- Prophecy Fulfilled -- Retrospect and Prospect -- Pakistan and Bangladesh: A Dream Sundered -- An Abstract Country -- Pieces of a Puzzle A Feudal Valley -- Monsoon -- Storm Clouds -- A Great River -- Watery Lyrics -- Struggles of Tigers and a Country -- Staying Afloat -- Human Development and Economic Growth -- The Spirit of Baishakh -- Peru: Inequality and Inca Technology -- Altiplano -- Puno -- Iron Monsters -- Land Invasions -- Inca Engineering -- Potatoes -- A Festival of Youth -- An Empty Wind -- Alpaca Herders -- Alfalfa and Cheese -- Andean Paths -- Connectivity -- Nigeria: Policy Dilemmas -- Tropical Dissonance -- Workaday Lagos -- Island of Sanity -- Harmattan -- Gin and Data -- Project Designs -- A Paradox -- Sunday’s Peril -- Paradox Resolved -- Paradise Lost -- In the Balance -- South Korea: Pressurized Takeoff -- A Sleep of Centuries -- Village Life -- Whiphand on the Economy -- Abacus Power -- Family Life -- Smashing Traditions -- Korean Hours -- A House with a Garden -- A Hermit’s Memory. Return to the Village -- Success -- Choices -- Development Debates -- Epilogue -- Structural Inequality and Political Economy -- Policies, Governance and Governments -- Agriculture -- The Steep Hill for Rural Women -- Water, Trees and Elephants -- Commitment and Conviction -- Participation -- Patience and Vision. .