"This book explores economic development and public finance by providing critical insight to the use of public finance and policy and illuminating the intricacies of these topics through discussion of theory, empirical work, and policy objectives"--

"This book explores economic development and public finance by providing critical insight to the use of public finance and policy and illuminating the intricacies of these topics through discussion of theory, empirical work, and policy objectives"--Provided by publisher.

Liberalism in crisis -- Ireland: between development and crisis -- Capital: the triumph of finance -- Europe: between market and diversity -- National politics: governing fragmentation, fragmented governance -- Crisis: the difficult politics of development and liberalism

This book explores what happened in the transition economies of China, Vietnam and Myanmar from both macro and micro perspectives, and questions whether the governments of these countries are capable of implementing effective reform and transformation