Studies of economic growth have produced much evidence of similarities in development patterns of most countries. There are always dangers in cross-country studies that unique historical, economic and political' factors might be ignored, but when countries are grouped according to size, resource...

This paper explores a number of key issues in Development Economics which should be central concerns of contemporary development debates but which rarely attract the attention they deserve. It argues that there were fundamental insights in much of the early theoretical work of the 'first...

Mongolia’s transition strategy is unique in Asia and has been accompanied by very high levels of poverty. For these reasons, policy choices have been the focus of substantial national and international attention. This paper examines the relationship between these policy choices and the...

The World Bank, alongside other development institutions and leading donors, has increasingly emphasised the importance of evidenced-based policymaking in addressing entrenched poverty. Additionally, widespread adoption of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) has necessitated establishing...

The new edition of this successful text analyses the current economic issues facing a rapidly changing Europe. The authors combine policy, history and data to present a global perspective of the EU, written with a range of students taking an introductory module in European Economics in mind....