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Book SynopsisThe economics of growth has come a long way since it regained center stage for economists in the mid-1980s. This work is a series of country studies guided by that research. It sheds light on some of the important growth puzzles such as how did China grow so rapidly despite the absence of full-fledged private property rights.
Trade Review"Any book written or edited by Dani Rodrik is likely to be interesting and thought-provoking, and often iconoclastic. This volume is no exception... [I]t is a good volume of case studies, and may serve the added benefit of making US-based development economists attach more value to country studies of the determinants of growth."--Oliver Morrissey, Journal of International Development
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*List of Contributors, pg. ix*Chapter 1. Introduction: What Do We Learn from Country Narratives?, pg. 1*Chapter 2. Australian Growth: A California Perspective, pg. 23*Chapter 3. One Polity, Many Countries: Economic Growth in India, 1873-2000, pg. 53*Chapter 4. An African Success Story: Botswana, pg. 80*Chapter 5. A Toy Collection, a Socialist Star, and a Democratic Dud? Growth Theory, Vietnam, and the Philippines, pg. 123*Chapter 6. Growing Into Trouble: Indonesia After 1966, pg. 152*Chapter 7. India since Independence: An Analytic Growth Narrative, pg. 184*Chapter 8. Who Can Explain the Mauritian Miracle? Meade, Romer, Sachs, or Rodrik?, pg. 205*Chapter 9. Venezuela's Growth Implosion: A Neoclassical Story?, pg. 244*Chapter 10. History, Policy, and Performance in Two Transition Economies: Poland and Romania, pg. 271*Chapter 11. How Reform Worked in China, pg. 297*Chapter 12. Sustained Macroeconomic Reforms, Tepid Growth: A Governance Puzzle in Bolivia?, pg. 334*Chapter 13. Fiscal Federalism, Good Governance, and Economic Growth in Mexico, pg. 399*Chapter 14. The Political Economy of Growth without Development: A Case Study of Pakistan, pg. 439*Index, pg. 473
