Machine generated contents note: PART I DEVELOPMENT POLICY -- 2 The history of development policy 15 -- Richard Jolly -- Section A Economic Policy -- 3 Globalization and development policy 25 -- S. Mansoob Murshed -- 4 Economic planning: theory, practice and experiences 32 -- Anis Chowdhury -- 5...

The book examines the methodological challenges in analyzing the effectiveness of development policies. It presents a selection of tools and methodologies that can help tackle the complexities of which policies work best and why, and how they can be implemented effectively given the political...

"Presents cutting-edge analyses of state-society transformation in Asia under globalisation. The volume incorporates a variety of political-economy- and public-policy-oriented positions, and collectively explores the uneven evolution of new public management and neoliberal agendas aimed at...

Introduction : the changing context of Third World political economy / Manochehr Dorraj -- Debt, democracy, and neoliberalism in Latin America : losses and gains of the "lost decade" / Michael W. Foley -- The changing political economy of the Caribbean / Margaretta DeMar -- The political economy...