* Highly readable book on how to fight poverty

Development in Hindsight gives insight into major development issues, such as the contribution of aid to the economic growth of developing countries and the effect of globalization on the fight against poverty. It also considers the role of the state and the market in development and the institutional dimension of economic growth. All this in an up-to-date, highly readable, and entertaining manner. It is a must for students, development practitioners and for those interested in the development challenges of developing countries, especially in their fight against poverty.

Table of Contents:

Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I: ESSAYS: Does Development Assistance Promote Growth?; Globalization Growth and Poverty; State and Market in Development; The Institutional Dimension of Economic Growth; The Evolution of Development Economics; PART II: ARTICLES: Nine Recipes for Successful Economic Development;An Economic Think-Tank for Boliva; Will World Poverty be Halved by 2015?; Can the United States Win the War on Drugs in its Backyard?; What…..if?; Two Millenniums of Economic Development and How Latin America fared; Notes.