studies like the 2008 Growth Commission Report noted the importance of leadership in development. This and other studies …Leadership' is not a common topic for research in international development. In recent years, however, prominent … focused on individual leaders - or heroes - when examining 'who leads development'. The current article asks if heroes really …

trends. We evaluate the implications of climate change for overall growth and development prospects to 2050. We focus on …Malawi confronts a development imperative in a context of rising temperatures and deep uncertainty about precipitation … uncertainty in climate forecasts. We find that climate change is unlikely to substantially slow overall economic growth over the …

Africa's improved growth performance over the last 15 years provides an opportunity for the continent to transit from … recovery to structural transformation. This paper reviews the evolution of development theory and practice, the role of …. Government intervention in favour of industrialization in the 1960s-1970s resulted in the neglect of agriculture, poor growth …

jeopardize economic performance and development going forward, drawing lessons for other developing countries. …

regimes, autocratic leaders are interested in high growth rates. It also studies the historical development of China …Rapid economic development in China in the post-1978 era has been considered 'intriguing' and 'puzzling' since it … impediment to market growth. Scholars have proposed different accounts to explain this paradox, with particular emphasis on the …

outcome of four interleaved stories. The first story is a standard development story characterized by structural change …, market development, labour absorption, and the Kuznets inverted-U path of inequality. The second is the economic transition …

Administration Forum's African Tax Outlook and the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research …