Much of development policy has been based on the search for a short to do list that would get countries moving. In this paper I argue that economic activity requires a large and highly interacting set of public policies and services, which constitute inputs into the production process. This is...

This review evaluates the role of the state in development, offering a new framework for understanding what capabilities states need to overcome different types of market failures. This framework is employed to understand the successes and failures of state-led development in Malaysia. The...

The focus of this volume is on the role of the developmental state in a situation in which a series of major crises affects the (semi-) periphery of the global economy. The authors go beyond the established debate on developmental states in East Asia by highlighting a much broader understanding...

Introduction : the changing context of Third World political economy / Manochehr Dorraj -- Debt, democracy, and neoliberalism in Latin America : losses and gains of the "lost decade" / Michael W. Foley -- The changing political economy of the Caribbean / Margaretta DeMar -- The political economy...