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Deals and development : the political dynamics of growth episodes / Lant Pritchett, Kunal Sen, and Eric Werker.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development--Developing countries.
- Economic development.
- Developing countries--Economic conditions.
- Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2017
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- When are developing countries able to initiate periods of rapid growth and why have so few been able to sustain growth over decades? This work provides a novel conceptual framework built from a political economy of business-government relations and applies it to nine countries across Africa and Asia, drawing actionable policy recommendations.
- Contents:
- Deals and development : an introduction to the conceptual framework / Lant Pritchett, Kunal Sen, and Eric Werker
- Deals and development in a resource-dependent, fragile state : the political economy of growth in Liberia, 1960-2014 / Eric Werker and Lant Pritchett
- Powerbrokers and patronage : why Malawi has failed to structurally transform and deliver inclusive growth / Jonathan Said and Khwima Singini
- Navigating the deals world : the politics of economic growth in Bangladesh / Mirza Hassan and Selim Raihan
- Not minding the gap : unbalanced growth and the hybrid political settlement in Cambodia / Tim Kelsall and Seiha Heng
- Political settlements and structural change : why growth has not been transformational in Ghana / Robert Darko Osei, Charles Ackah, George Domfe, and Michael Danquah
- Dominance and deals in Africa : how politics shapes Uganda's transition from growth to transformation / Badru Bukenya and Sam Hickey
- The disorder of "miracle growth" in Rwanda : understanding the limitations of transitions to open ordered development / Pritish Behuria and Tom Goodfellow
- The stroll, the trot, and the sprint of the elephant : understanding Indian growth episodes / Kunal Sen, Sabyaschi Kar, and Jagadish Prasad Sahu
- The politics of structural (de)transformation : the unravelling of Malaysia and Thailand's dualistic deals strategies / Kunal Sen and Matthew Tyce
- Searching for a "recipe" for episodic development / Lant Pritchett, Kunal Sen, and Eric Werker.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 8, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 9780192521668
- 0192521667
- 9780191840289
- 0191840289
- OCLC:
- 1076630590
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198801641.001.0001
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