This paper uses an original database of 469 politically connected firms under the Mubarak regime in Egypt to explore the economic effects of close state-business relations. Previous research has shown that political connections are lucrative. The paper addresses several questions raised by this...

Child malnutrition in India is shockingly high and is falling unusually slowly in a period of large gains in aggregate prosperity. Yet technical solutions to malnutrition are known. This article suggests the disjunction is a consequence of institutional features of India, in which rent-creation...

The paper reviews the links between long-run growth patterns, the process of opening up, and the effects on income distribution. Three themes are developed. First, the historical pattern of development brought dividends to all until the end of the oil boom, but is now bankrupt and is a potential...

This paper explores the issues and choices thrown up by the current state of development in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the economic agreements that could emerge from the on-going peace negotiations. The present economic crisis is related to the uneven pace and distorted nature of...