Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The development path -- Historical explanations of backwardness -- Stages of economic growth -- Structural change -- Bangladesh -- Mozambique -- Further reading -- Notes -- 2. Objectives and strategy formulation -- Social and political objectives -- From...

Preface: whom is this book for? -- Acknowledgments -- Overview: what is economic development and what does this book say about it? -- Governments : one day, they will work for you -- Economic policy : the basics you¿ve got to get right -- Social policy : old war, new weapons -- Inclusion :...

Research in the field of economic development is increasingly engaged with questions of political economy, of how political choices, institutional structures, and forms of governance influence the economic choices made by governments and citizens. We summarize recent developments in the field...