The economy of India is growing at a rate of 8 percent per year, and its exports of goods and services have more than doubled in the past three years. Considering these trends, economists, scholars, and political leaders across the globe are beginning to wonder whether India's growth can be...

This volume brings together some of the most influential scholars in development economics to explore how to improve the well-being of the poor, how to design effective structures and institutions for poverty reduction and what the role of economic, political and social dimensions are (and...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- LECTURE I. Confronting Conventional Threats to Free Trade: The Postwar Revolution in the Theory of Commercial Policy -- LECTURE 2 "Fair Trade," Income Distribution, and Social Agendas: Using Trade Theory to Meet New Challenges -- LECTURE 3 Getting to Free...