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Gambling On Development : why some countries win and others lose / Stefan Dercon.

By: Publication details: London : Hurst & Company, 2022.Description: xiii,398 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781787385627 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.909172 DER
Contents:
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.
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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.

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