Gambling on Development: Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose - Couverture souple

Dercon, Stefan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1805260081 ISBN 13 : 9781805260080

Editeur : C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2023

Synopsis

‘[An] urgent and important book.’ ― Financial Times

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 programmes 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.

• How do countries achieve development? According to a leading economist, success arises when elites bet on growth.
• Draws on experience throughout the continent of Africa from Ebola in Sierra Leone, scandals in Malawi, beer factories in the DRC, mobile phone licences in Mozambique, and much more.
• Bestselling book, accessibly written for a general readership

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stefan Dercon is Professor of Economic Policy and Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford. Combining an academic career with long experience in international development policy, he is a former DFID chief economist and policy advisor to the UK foreign secretary.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1805260081
• ISBN 13: 9781805260080
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 360
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