This paper aims to explain the nonlinear effect of inequality on economic growth, that income inequality promotes economic growth in rich countries while reducing economic growth in emerging countries. We developed a model where the effect of inequality on output growth alters under different...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Title -- Copyright -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1: Theories and Policies of Economic Development -- 1.1. The era of economic interventionism -- 1.2. The era of liberalism -- 1.3. The era of "good governance" -- 1.4. The system of "global governance" under scrutiny...

This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of the main specificities of latecomers' processes of technological development. Building on the basis of this understanding, it searches for the reasons why the conventional measures of Science and Technology (S&T) policies, usually inspired by...