Intro -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Foreword by Deepak Nayyar -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Institutional change and economic development: An introduction -- Part I: Theoretical Overview -- 2. Understanding the relationship between institutions and economic development - some key theoretical issues -- 3. Extending the 'institutional' turn: Property, politics and development trajectories -- 4. Institutionalism ancient, old, and new: A historical perspective on institutions and uneven development -- Part II: Evolution of Particular Institutions -- 5. Modern bureaucracy -- 6. Central banks as agents of economic development -- 7. Corporate governance, innovative enterprise, and economic development -- 8. The political economy of taxation and tax reform in developing countries -- 9. The rule of law, legal traditions, and economic growth: The East Asian example -- Part III: Country Experiences -- 10. State formation and the construction of institutions for the first industrial nation -- 11. The role of federalism in developing the US during nineteenth-century globalization -- 12. Institutions and economic growth: The successful experience of Switzerland, 1870-1950 -- 13. The rise and halt of economic development in Brazil, 1945-2004: Industrial catching-up, institutional innovation and financial fragility -- 14. Rethinking import-substituting industrialization: Development strategies and institutions in Taiwan and China -- 15. Developmental nationalism and economic performance in Africa: The case of three 'successful' African economies.

The issue of institutional development has come to prominence during the last decade or so. During this period, even the IMF and the World Bank, which used to treat institutions as mere 'details', have come to emphasize the role of institutions in economic development. However, there are still some important knowledge gaps that need to be filled before we can say that we have a good grip on the issue of institutions and economic development, both theoretically and at the policy level. This book is an attempt to fill these gaps.

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