Institutional Change and Economic Development

Foreword by Deepak Nayyar Edited by Ha-Joon Chang

Publication date:

15 November 2007

Publisher

Anthem Press

Dimensions:

234x153mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781843312819

‘Institutional Change and Economic Development’ discusses not just theoretical issues but a diverse range of real-life institutions – political, bureaucratic, fiscal, financial, corporate, legal, social and industrial – in the context of dozens of countries across time and space, spanning Britain, Switzerland and the USA in the past to Botswana, Brazil, and China today.

List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Foreword by Deepak Nayyar; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Theoretical Overview; Part II: Evolution of Particular Institutions; Part III: Country Experiences; Index

'Just when the institutionalist approach to economic development is at risk of seeming like a ‘black box’ for tautological non-explanations, this volume of richly historically informed and nuanced studies will restore confidence in the value, if not superiority, of this approach to the political economy of development.' —Jomo K. S., Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, United Nations