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Dercon, Stefan

Gambling On Development : why some countries win and others lose / Stefan Dercon. - London : Hurst & Company, 2022. - xiii,398 p. ; 23 cm.

Introduction;
1. Development Thinkers and Their Thoughts;
2. The Development Bargain;
3. Development till Today: Mostly Ups, Some Downs;
4. The Dragon, The Tiger Cub, and the Peacock : China, Indonesia and India;
5. Hippos in the Lake : Development on Hold on Sierra Leone and Malawi;
6. Kenya, Uganda and Ghana : Ready for Take-Off;
7. Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo: Not Enough Oil and Diamonds;
8. Taming Clans of Hyenas : Peace and Economic Deals in South Sudan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Lebanon and Somaliland;
9. Bangladesh : The Bengal Tiger Cub;
10. Euthopia and Rwanda : African Lions;
11. The Swedish and Other Models;
12. About Warren Buggett and the Obious Uses of Aid;
13. Aid in Messy Places.

ISBN: 9781787385627 (hbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Development
Economic history
Gabling.

Dewey Class. No.: 338.909172 DER