Globalization and catching up -- The key institution -- New developmentalism -- The tendency of the exchange rate toward overvaluation -- The Dutch disease -- Foreign savings and slow growth -- Foreign savings and financial crises

"This book brings non-expert readers to the frontier of economic development. How governments actually function, the basics of economic policy, new tools for social assistance, the reality of Africa, and the challenges of inclusion, education, health, infrastructure, data, foreign aid, among...

Preface: whom is this book for? -- Acknowledgments -- Overview: what is economic development and what does this book say about it? -- Governments : one day, they will work for you -- Economic policy : the basics you¿ve got to get right -- Social policy : old war, new weapons -- Inclusion :...