The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics
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Why economists' attempts to help poorer countries improve their economic well-being have failed.
AcknowledgmentsPrologue: The QuestIWhy Growth Matters11To Help the Poor5Intermezzo: In Search of a River16IIPanaceas That Failed212Aid for Investment25Intermezzo: Parmila453Solow's Surprise: Investment Is Not the Key to Growth47Intermezzo: Dry Cornstalks704Educated for What?71Intermezzo: Without a Refuge855Cash for Condoms?87Intermezzo: Tomb Paintings996The Loans That Were, the Growth That Wasn't101Intermezzo: Leila's Story1217Forgive Us Our Debts123Intermezzo: Cardboard House138IIIPeople Respond to Incentives1418Tales of Increasing Returns: Leaks, Matches, and Traps145Intermezzo: War and Memory1709Creative Destruction: The Power of Technology171Intermezzo: Accident in Jamaica19310Under an Evil Star195Intermezzo: Favela Life21511Governments Can Kill Growth217Intermezzo: Florence and Veronica24012Corruption and Growth241Intermezzo: Discrimination in Palanpur25313Polarized Peoples255Intermezzo: Violent for Centuries28214Conclusion: The View from Lahore285Notes293References and Further Reading313Index335
