"The countries of the Western Balkans - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and the province of Kosovo - form a core European region. The region is known for its instability and recent history of wars and civil conflicts, but far less is known about the...

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Structural transformation in developing countries -- Employment -- Productivity growth -- Urbanization -- Industrialization -- Poverty -- Role of the state and policy -- Index

Introduction -- The conceptual framework -- Initial conditions and policy reforms -- Direction of structural changes -- Competitive dynamics -- Technological change -- Organizational change -- Evolution of public and private order institutions -- Conclusion.

1. Introduction -- 2. Developing country growth and the commodity terms of trade -- 3. The statistical properites of commodity prices -- 4. Country case studies : primary commodities and economic development -- 5. Conclusion : commodity dependence in developing countries: economic destiny or...