This paper compares trends in key economic, political and social development outcomes in the Philippines with those of Latin America, particularly since the 1990s. To do so, it uses standard indicators of development, including measures of institutional quality and good governance. The paper...

This open access handbook, Ten Crises systematically traces the economic history of China from 1949 to 2020, unravelling the complex domestic and global factors leading to the cyclical crises identified by WEN and his research team, and examining the corresponding counteracting policies and...

1. Origins of the economy as collective activity -- 2. Custom and path-dependence. Social capital as accumulation factor -- 3. The role of the state in economic development -- 4. Competition in Enlightenment economists -- 5. On the productiveness of welfare expenditures -- 6. Keynesian Policy...

1. Colonial World of Postcolonial Historians and the Neoliberal Reinvention of Tribal Identity in India -- 2. Myth of Modernization and Development in Orissa -- 3. Interrogating Social Capital and Denials of Development in the Planning for Tribal Development in India -- 4. Capitalism and...

There is a strong link among investments in human capital, economic growth and human development. Since human capital (improvements in the quality of human labour) is embodied technical progress in labour (knowledge and skills), the economic development depends on advances in technological and...