I discuss how aid can support growth in small, isolated economies. Small markets frustrate scale economies and … ; growth ; investment …

significant challenges to improve development. There must be an active macroeconomic policy focused on the real economy. Chile …

growth and job creation. Being a bit ahead in the structural transformation process, China can provide ideas, tacit knowledge …, opportunities as well as development finances in Africa's transformation. We review critical parts of China's transformation to see …, China's industrial upgrading and outward investments provide opportunities for light manufacturing development in low …

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 …

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 …