The paper examines some of the main political economy dynamics of the policy initiatives on rural development that have been taken since 2003, and provides an overview of the main issues that they are addressing. The paper first outlines the major agrarian problems that have emerged over the...

According to a recent survey, a large majority of the members of the American Economic Association believes that special interests play a major role in policy formulation. John Maynard Keynes may have been closer to the truth, however, when he wrote, “it is ideas, not vested interests, which...

Ein zuträglicher institutioneller Rahmen und der Verzicht auf politische Eingriffe gelten vielfach als einzige Voraussetzung für marktwirtschaftliches Wachstum. Demgegenüber zeigen die Beiträge dieses Bandes, dass funktionierende Märkte nicht nur institutionell eingebettet sein müssen,...