The elusive quest for growth : economists' adventures and misadventures in the tropics /
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
2001.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 0585393095 9780585393094 9780262332880 0262332884 9780262272117 0262272113 0262550423 9780262550420 026205065X 9780262050654 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Why Growth Matters. To Help the Poor
- Intermezzo: In Search of a River
- Panaceas That Failed.
- Aid for Investment
- Intermezzo: Parmila
- Solow's Surprise: Investment Is Not the Key to Growth
- Intermezzo: Dry Cornstalks
- Educated for What?
- Intermezzo: Without a Refuge
- Cash for Condoms? 87
- Intermezzo: Tomb Paintings
- The Loans That Were, the Growth That Wasn't
- Intermezzo: Roumeen's Story
- Forgive Us Our Debts
- Intermezzo: Cardboard House
- People Respond to Incentives. Tales of Increasing Returns: Leaks, Matches, and Traps
- Intermezzo: War and Memory
- Creative Destruction: The Power of Technology
- Intermezzo: Accident in Jamaica
- Under an Evil Star
- Intermezzo: Favela Life
- Governments Can Kill Growth
- Intermezzo: Florence and Veronica
- Corruption and Growth
- Intermezzo: Discrimination in Palanpur
- Polarized Peoples
- Intermezzo: Violent for Centuries
- Conclusion: The View from Lahore
- Notes
- References and Further Reading
- Index.