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The New Development Economics : We Shall Experiment, but How Shall We Learn?

Rodrik, Dani - 2008

Development economics is split between macro-development economists - who focus on economic growth, international trade, and fiscal/macro policies - and micro-development economists - who study microfinance, education, health, and other social programs. Recently there has been substantial...

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Preface: Development Policy and Development Economics: An Introduction

Rodrik, Dani; Rosenzweig, Mark R. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. xv-xxvii). 2010

Anyone who undertakes to produce a volume of surveys in economic development must confront the question: Does the world really need another one? The field changes over time and, one hopes, knowledge accumulates. So, one motive is the desire to cover the more recent advances. And indeed, economic...

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Institutions for High-Quality Growth: What They are and How to Acquire Them

Rodrik, Dani - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2000

This paper opens with a discussion of the types of institutions that allow markets to perform adequately. While we can … identify in broad terms what these are, there is no unique mapping between markets and the non-market institutions that … institutions. A range of evidence indicates that participatory democracies enable higher-quality growth. …

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In Search of the Holy Grail: Policy Convergence, Experimentation, and Economic Performance

Mukand, Sharun; Rodrik, Dani - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002

We consider a model of policy choice in which appropriate policies depend on a country's own circumstances, but the presence of a successful leader generates an informational externality and results in too little 'policy experimentation.' Corrupt governments are reined in while honest...

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When Economic Reform Goes Wrong: Cashews in Mozambique

McMillan, Margaret Mcmillan; Rodrik, Dani; Welch, Karen Horn - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002

Mozambique liberalized its cashew sector in the early 1990s in response to pressure from the World Bank. Opponents of the reform have argued that the policy did little to benefit poor cashew farmers while bankrupting factories in urban areas. Using a welfare-theoretic framework, we analyze the...

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The Future of Convergence

Rodrik, Dani - 2011

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Is Global Equality the Enemy of National Equality?

Rodrik, Dani - 2017

The bulk of global inequality is accounted for by income differences across countries rather than within countries. Expanding trade with China has aggravated inequality in some advanced economies, while ameliorating global inequality. But the “China shock” is receding and other low-income...

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Postscript to Financial Globalization and Economic Policies

Kose, M. Ayhan; Prasad, Eswar; Rogoff, Kenneth; Wei, … - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. 4360-4362). 2010

The global financial crisis serves as a reminder of the risks of financial globalization. After grappling with surges of capital inflows earlier in this decade, many emerging market and developing economies experienced a sharp reversal of those inflows in late 2008 as a result of the crisis....

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Chapter 65. Financial Globalization and Economic Policies

Kose, M. Ayhan; Prasad, Eswar; Rogoff, Kenneth; Wei, … - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. 4283-4359). 2010

We review the large literature on various economic policies that could help developing economies effectively manage the process of financial globalization. Our central findings indicate that policies promoting financial sector development, institutional quality, and trade openness appear to help...

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