1. The Middle East and North Africa : a 'harmonizing geographic region' without a complete regionalism -- 2. The economic development of 'latecomers' -- 3. Institutions and development in the Middle East and North Africa : between economic challenges and stability policies -- 4. Demographic...

1. The emergence of neo-liberalism in Latin America : situating the Argentine experience -- 2. State performance and institutional capacity in development -- 3. The Argentine crisis : what happened? -- 4. Stabilization in 2002 : stopping the free fall into poverty -- 5. Electing a new government...

pt. 1. Insights from history -- pt. 2. The finance and trade dimension -- pt. 3. The technology and innovation dimension -- pt. 4. The gender and employment dimension -- pt. 5. The scenario for big developing states : the case of South Africa -- pt. 6. The scenario for small developing states :...

Drawing the wrong lessons from history : a re-evaluation of planning and state-led industrialisation in India, 1950-80 -- A tale of two paradoxes : growth without liberalisation after 1980 and liberalisation without growth after 1991 -- Convergence and divergence among states in India : a...

pt. 1. Reorientation of the Chinese growth model -- part 2. Recent policy shifts in the fields of labour and welfare -- part 3. The party-state and Chinese society : contention, accommodation and collaboration.

1. Peak oil, climate change, and China -- 2. China and the capitalist world system -- 3. Energy and the economy -- 4. Peak oil -- 5. Peak energy and the limits to global economic growth -- 6. Peak energy and the limits to China's economic growth -- 7. The crisis of the Chinese capitalism -- 8....

1. Introduction -- 2. Market distortions and productivity growth -- 3. Trade reform and productivity growth -- 4. Labour market flexibility and productivity growth -- 5. Informal sector, subcontracting and productivity growth -- 6. Foreign competition, bargaining power and cost-price margin --...