Gambling on Development Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose 1st Edition by Stefan Dercon ISBN 9781787385627 9781787385627

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ISBN 10: 978-1787385627

ISBN 13: 978-1787385627

Author:  Stefan Dercon 

Gambling on Development: Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose 1st Edition: In the last thirty years, the developing world has undergone tremendous changes. Overall, poverty has fallen, people live longer and healthier lives, and economies have been transformed. And yet many countries have simply missed the boat. Why have some countries prospered, while others have failed? Stefan Dercon argues that the answer lies not in a specific set of policies, but rather in a key “development bargain,” whereby a country’s elites shift from protecting their own positions to gambling on a growth-based future. Despite the imperfections of such bargains, China is among the most striking recent success stories, along with Indonesia and more unlikely places, such as Bangladesh, Ghana and Ethiopia. Gambling on Development is about these winning efforts, in contrast to countries stuck in elite bargains leading nowhere. Building on three decades’ experience across forty-odd countries, Dercon winds his narrative through Ebola in Sierra Leone, scandals in Malawi, beer factories in the DRC, mobile phone licences in Mozambique, and relief programs behind enemy lines in South Sudan. Weaving together conversations with prime ministers, civil servants and ordinary people, this is a probing look at how development has been achieved across the world, and how to assist such successes.

 

Gambling on Development: Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose 1st Edition Table of contents:

Part I

• Development Thinkers and Their Thoughts
• The Development Bargain
• Development till Today: Mostly Ups, Some Downs

Part II
A Short Zoomorphic Guide to Part II

• The Dragon, the Tiger Cub, and the Peacock: China, Indonesia, and India
• Hippos in the Lake: Development on Hold in Sierra Leone and Malawi
• Kenya, Uganda, and Ghana: Ready for Take-off?
• Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo: Not Enough Oil and Diamonds?
• Taming Clans of Hyenas: Peace and Economic Deals in South Sudan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Lebanon, and Somaliland
• Bangladesh: The Bengal Tiger Cub
• Ethiopia and Rwanda: African Lions?

Part III
Chasing Change: A Brief Guide to Part III

• The Swedish and Other Models
• About Warren Buffett and the Obvious Uses of Aid
• Aid in Messy Places

 

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