, market development, labour absorption, and the Kuznets inverted-U path of inequality. The second is the economic transition … outcome of four interleaved stories. The first story is a standard development story characterized by structural change … story, in which changes in income distribution result from the shift from plan to market. Third is incomplete transition …

was about other Asian countries in his book. However, China has achieved miraculous growth since the transition from a … poverty before 1978? How was it possible for China to achieve an extraordinary performance during its transition? Why did most … other transition economies failed to achieve a similar performance? What price did China pay for its success? Can China …

The paper analyses the 20-year experience with transition in the SEE countries in a comparative framework, illustrating … 1989 to implement a swift transition to a market economy. The paper recalls the initial conditions in the SEE region in … 1989, macroeconomic performance and progress achieved in the various transition-related economic reforms. The international …

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 …

'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. …

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 …