A dynamic revision of the most modern development economics textbook.
This classic text has been aggressively revised to incorporate the…
China has enjoyed a higher growth rate for a longer period than any other nation to date, but a new consensus is emerging that China is now…
This book is a story of one village, Yantian, and its remarkable economic and social transformation. The village sits in the Pearl River…
In one of Africa’s most ambitious investment decisions, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has unveiled a plan to spend $97 billion on…
We use a unique data-set from Indonesia on what individuals know about the income
distribution in their village to test theories such as…
Existing learning models attribute failures to learn to a lack of data. We model a different
barrier. Given the large number of dimensions…
As the violent anti-American protests in the Muslim world subside, those in the region and in the U.S. are wondering whether the upheaval…
Book abstract: In the years following the global financial crisis, many low-income countries experienced rapid recovery and strong economic…
Financial stress is widely believed to cause health problems. However, policies seeking to relieve financial stress by limiting debt levels…
Since late 2010, the world has witnessed a remarkable groundswell of political change in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and other…