The frequent lamentation that the brain drain is one of the most serious obstacles to progress in the developing countries shows clearly that elites are accorded an important role in the development process. Nonetheless, all there is at present on the function of elites in economic development...

The class and social structure of developing nations has undergone profound transformation in recent decades as each nation has incorporated into an increasingly integrated global production and financial system. National elites have experienced a new fractionation. Emergent...