Gambling on Development - Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose

How do countries achieve development? According to a leading economist, success arises when elites bet on growth.

About the author

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 a policy advisor to the UK foreign secretary.

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Dercon
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781787385627
• ISBN: 978-1-78738-562-7
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 35 mm
• Weight: 594 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Developing Countries, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Global South / Developing countries