To explain cross-country income differences, research has recently focused on the so-called deep determinants of economic development, notably institutions and geography. This paper sheds a different light on these determinants. We use spatial econometrics to analyse the importance of the...

"Grounded in history and written by a law professor, this book is a scholarly yet jargon-free explanation of the differences among the common and civil law concepts of the rule of law, and details how they developed out of two different cultural views of the relationships between law,...

Mapping coevolution -- Directed improvisation -- Balancing variety and uniformity -- Franchising the bureaucracy -- From building to preserving markets -- Connecting first-movers and laggards -- Conclusion : how development actually happened beyond China

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Growth and Distribution since the Cold War -- Chapter 3: A Model of Global Consumption, Output and Distribution -- Chapter 4: Global Poverty by Different Poverty Lines since the Cold War -- Chapter 5: The End of Global Poverty -- Chapter 6: Conclusion