This volume presents papers from a global gathering of the world’s leading development scholars and practitioners held May 31 - June 2, 2010. Paper themes include: Environmental Commons and the Green Economy, Post-crisis Development Strategy, the Political Economy of Fragile States, Measuring...

Preface -- Understanding underdevelopment -- The explosion of third world democracy -- Religion and politics -- The politics of cultural pluralism and ethnic conflict -- Women and development -- The politics of the rural and urban poor -- Revolutionary change -- Soldiers and politics -- The...

Peter Bauer draws conclusions about economic development that diverge from the mainstream. "The Development Frontier" illustrates his characteristic and distinctive approach: he bases his analyses on careful and direct observation of conditions in the developing world. In doing so, he takes...