This paper uses household surveys from 13 developing countries to describe consumption choices, health and education … classes in the development process. We find that the average middle class person is not an entrepreneur in waiting: while he …

conditions for sustained economic growth and development by deepening democracy, enhancing the stability of political regimes and …

impact of vote-buying on growth. We consider a model with a poverty trap where redistribution can promote growth. We show … that vote-buying contributes to the persistence of poverty as taxed wealthy people buy votes from poor people. We then show …

choose the non-professional education track. Those who might have otherwise pursued higher, professional education may forgo … education since, they will be overqualified in the host country. This will have a long run affect. As time goes on, therefore …

The literature on poverty convergence is sparse and much of the empirical evidence relies on Ravallion (2012) who found … a lack of poverty convergence across some ninety Less Developed Countries (LDCs) during 1977-2007. This paper revisits … cross-country poverty convergence using data from the same sources but an extended period, i.e. 1977-2014. We find that …

Empirical evidence in the sparse literature on poverty convergence currently relies on cross-sectional analysis, where … Less Developed Countries (LDCs) starting out poorer are found to have enjoyed no faster subsequent poverty reduction during … the past three decades than those starting out richer, as initial poverty retards growth and makes it less effective in …

This paper provides an overview of the state of the art of the intersection of development economics and … entrepreneurship. Given the relative neglect of entrepreneurship by development scholars it deals with (i) recent theoretical insights … from the intersection of entrepreneurship and development studies; (ii) the empirical evidence on the relationship between …

-industrial economic conditions. We hypothesize that if these countries are arrayed on a continuum of pre-industrial development such as … measurable on the basis of formal education only. …

-term poverty; address concerns of burgeoning population growth; train recipient governments on inclusive development; fight …This survey essay reviews over 200 papers in arguing that in order to achieve sustainable and inclusive development … on inequality in foreign aid policy will lead to more sustainable development outcomes. Inter alia: mitigate short …

-term poverty; address concerns of burgeoning population growth; train recipient governments on inclusive development; fight …This survey essay reviews over 200 papers in arguing that in order to achieve sustainable and inclusive development … on inequality in foreign aid policy will lead to more sustainable development outcomes. Inter alia: mitigate short …