In this volume, world-renowned contributors, including Martin Ravallion, Michael Kremer and Robert Townsend, deal with the institutional characteristics of poverty resulting from the time pattern of aid, the nature of financial systems and the political economy of budgetary decisions. Going...

Silicon Valley, trajectories and government policy -- Trajectories, competitive advantage and learning -- Industrial policy debates -- Policy options -- The early Asian model: building domestic businesses -- Capability building for a global economy: Singapore and Ireland -- Building global...

"Researchers in international development have long argued that the high costs of doing business harms prosperity in developing countries, a claim that invites the question of why governments impose these costs and why societies fail to enact reforms reducing them. This book seeks to answer the...