Advanced introduction to law and development / Mariana Mota Prado, Michael J. Trebilcock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prado, Mariana Mota, author.

Trebilcock, M. J., author.

Series:

Elgar advanced introductions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law and economic development.

Rule of law.

Law reform.

Physical Description:

xiv, 269 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Law and development

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS

1. Defining development

1.1. Development as economic growth: GDP (or GNI) per capita

1.2. Development as lack of poverty

1.3. Development as freedom: Human Development Index

1.4. Sustainable development

1.5. Development as quality of life: the National Happiness Index

1.6. Cultural relativism: development as a colonial/imperialist project

1.7. Conclusion

2. Determinants of development

2.1. Economic theories of development

2.2. Cultural theories of development

2.3. Geographic theories of development

2.4. Institutional dimensions of theories of development

2.5. Conclusion

3. Institutional theories of development

3.1. Introduction

3.2. What is an institution?

3.3. Do institutions matter?

3.4. Which institutions matter?

3.5. Why are some countries afflicted with persistently bad institutions?

3.6. What can countries with bad institutions do to acquire better institutions?

3.7. Technology and institutions

3.8. Conclusion

pt. II THE STATE AND DEVELOPMENT

4. The rule of law and development

4.1. Introduction

4.2. The relationship between law and development

4.3. Optimists versus sceptics

4.4. Defining the rule of law

4.5. A brief review of recent rule of law reform experience in developing countries

4.6. Explanations for the mixed-to-poor record

4.7. Identifying feasible reform strategies

4.8. Conclusion

5. Political regimes and development

5.1. Defining democracy

5.2. The case for democracy

5.3. The case against democracy

5.4. The empirical evidence

5.5. Challenges to consolidating and maintaining democratic institutions

5.6. Conclusion

6. Public administration and development

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Measuring bureaucratic performance

6.3. Reform strategies

6.4. Reform experience

6.5. Conclusion

pt. III HUMAN CAPITAL, CAPABILITIES AND DEVELOPMENT

7. Ethnic conflict and development

7.1. Why do people organize along ethnic lines?

7.2. Why do ethnic groups become rivals?

7.3. What can trigger and sustain ethnic conflict?

7.4. Institutional solutions to prevent ethnic conflict

7.5. Non-institutional solutions to prevent ethnic conflict

7.6. Conclusion

8. Gender and development

8.1. Why promote gender equality?

8.2. Recent progress

8.3. Outstanding challenges

8.4. Principal impediments to gender equality

8.5. Reform strategies

8.6. Conclusion

9. Education, health and development

9.1. Introduction

9.2. Why promote health and education?

9.3. What has been achieved so far?

9.4. Institutional dimensions of technological progress

9.5. Institutional dimensions of health

9.6. Institutional dimensions of education

9.7. Conclusion

pt. IV THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND DEVELOPMENT

10. Property rights, contracts and development

10.1. Property rights

10.2. Contract rights

10.3. Beyond contract and property rights (i): the prerequisites for a thriving private sector

10.4. Beyond contract and property rights (ii): environmental protection

10.5. Conclusion

11. Infrastructure and development

11.1. Introduction

11.2. State-owned enterprises (SOEs)

11.3. Privatization

11.4. Public-private partnerships (PPPs)

11.5. Multilateral and regional financing for infrastructure projects

11.6. Conclusion

12. Corruption and development

12.1. Defining corruption

12.2. Measuring corruption

12.3. Consequences of corruption

12.4. Causes of corruption

12.5. Potential cures

12.6. Conclusion

pt. V INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS, LAW AND DEVELOPMENT

13. International trade and development

13.1. Trade and development

13.2. Import substitution policies

13.3. Export limb of special and differential treatment

13.4. `Unfair' trade between developed and developing countries

13.5. Implications of the coronavirus pandemic

13.6. Institutional implications of trade policy

13.7. Conclusion

14. Foreign direct investment and development

14.1. Policy concerns

14.2. Multilateral regulation of foreign direct investment

14.3. Bilateral investment treaties

14.4. Global value chains

14.5. FDI and the global pandemic

14.6. Conclusion

15. Foreign aid

15.1. Introduction

15.2. Debates over the efficacy of foreign aid

15.3. Which countries should receive aid?

15.4. Coordination of foreign aid

15.5. Aid conditionality

15.6. Foreign aid and institutional reform

15.7. Conclusion

16. Conclusion

16.1. Modest theoretical ambitions

16.2. A turn to experimentation

16.3. A new set of challenges.

Notes:

Includes bibliographiocal references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781788970884

1788970888

9781788970907

178897090X

OCLC:

1242750949

Publisher Number:

99991805038