The 1980s were both the lost decade of growth for much of Latin America and Africa, and the period in which -- through the new growth theory -- macroeconomists returned to the study of growth and development. The new growth theory is production function driven and concerned primarily with steady...

The paper combines insights from the recent research programs on constitutions and economic policy, and on history, institutions and growth. Drawing on cross-sectional as well as panel data, it presents new empirical results showing that the form of democracy (rather than democracy vs....

China's economic emergence : possible lessons for large developing nations / David Daokui Li -- History, politics and 30 years of development and reform / Dwight Perkins -- Chinese reforms in historical and comparative perspective / Prasenjit Duara -- Thirty years of Chinese reform and economic...