Horizontal inequality by ethnic group has remained remarkably persistent for wealth, education, and access to certain … locally administered services, outcomes are stickier and largely divergent for wealth, education, and historically federally … puts forth the thesis that persistent inequality in access to education and federally administered services is in large …

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

importance for official development assistance. …

poorer development outcomes. However, systematic cross-country evidence on the deleterious effects of clientelism on … development outcomes is lacking. In this paper we examine the relationship between political clientelism, public goods provision … political clientelism on development outcomes, with increases in clientelism leading to lower coverage of welfare programmes …

continue its dynamic growth in the coming decades? What lessons can we draw from China's development experiences in view of …

been adopted by development analysts, and where fresh thinking is needed, particularly in the light of changes occurring in …

of development but was deeply pessimistic about Asia's future prospects. Since then, contrary to Myrdal's expectations …, Asia's development has been remarkable, although transformations have been uneven across countries and unequal between … the amazing story of economic development in Asia over the past 50 years. It begins with reflections on Gunnar Myrdal, the …