Countries pursuing economic development confront a fundamental obstacle. Reforms that increase the size of the overall pie are blocked by powerful interests that are threatened by the growth-inducing changes. This problem is conspicuous in efforts to create effective capital markets to support...

Verlagsinfo: "Financializations of Development brings together cutting-edge perspectives on socio-political, socio-historical and institutional analyses of the evolving multiple and intertwined financialization processes of developmental institutions, programs and policies. In recent years, the...

"With this book, the author offers a personal look at some of the landmark policies, people, and institutions that have shaped Africa's post-independence history-and will continue to shape its future. It is a true inside account-told from a very personal perspective-of the evolution of African...