Product Description: • Does leadership affect economic growth and development?• Is leadership an exogenous determinant or an endogenous outcome of growth and development processes? Can we differentiate between the two?• Do leaders’ decisions and actions vary in importance over various stages in the process, at least in successful cases?• How important is choosing the right economic model?• To what extent does leadership affect the explicit or implicit time horizons of policy choices?• Is leadership an important determinant of inclusiveness in growth?• In what ways do leaders build consensus or institutions to allow time for the economic plan to work?• What challenges does economic success generate?• How do successful leaders adapt to new problems such as income inequality and a rising middle class?• Does the creation of new institutions play any role in solving these problems?• Why do leaders often choose second best political economic compromises in economic development?This book has been prepared for the Commission on Growth and Development to evaluate the state of knowledge on the relationship between leadership and economic growth...read more

Product Description: South Asia remains home to the world's largest number of poor. There are also substantial disparities between countries. This, combined with the ongoing recession in economies the world over, raises new concerns about the challenges that confront governments and analysts today...read more

Product Description: Rapid growth since 1980 has transformed India from the world's 50th ranked economy in nominal US dollars to the 12th largest in 2003. When income is measured with regard to purchasing power parity, the Indian economy occupies 4th place, after the United States, Japan, and China...read more

Product Description: South Asia has performed well over the past 25 years in reducing poverty, improving human development and increasing growth, but faster progress with poverty reduction will require a higher rate of growth. This book shows that the development performance is not a puzzle but largely explained by good policies...read more