Recent Papers

Journal of Institutional Economics - reply

Reply to comments on ‘Institutions and economic development: Theory, policy, and history’

Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark: How development has disappeared form today's 'development' discourse

Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark: How development has disappeared from today’s ‘development’ discourse

in S. Khan & J. Christiansen (eds.), Towards New Developmentalism: Market as Means rather than Master, Routledge, Abingdon

How to 'do' a Developmental State: Political, Organisational, and Human Resource Requirements for the Developmental State

How to 'do' a developmental state. Political, Organizational, and Human Resource Requirements for the Developmental State

in O. Edigheji (ed.), Constructing a Democratic Developmental State in South Africa – Potentials and Challenges, Human Science Research Council Press, Cape Town

Industrial Policy: Can we go beyond an unproductive confrontation? - paper presented at the Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics

Industrial Policy: Can we go beyond an unproductive confrontation?

A Plenary Paper for ABCDE (Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics), Seoul, South Korea, 22-4, Revised: 30 September 2009

The Microfinance Illusion

The Microfinance Illusion

with M. Bateman, mimeo, University of Juraj Dobrila Pula, Croatia, and University of Cambridge, UK

Economic History of the Developed World: Lessons for Africa - a speech for the Eminent Speakers Programme of the African Development Bank

Economic History of the Developed World: Lessons for Africa

A debate between Justin Lin and Ha-Joon Chang on Industrial Policy

Should industrial policy in developing countries conform to comparative advantage or defy it?

Development Policy Review vol. 27, no. 5

Rethinking Public Policy in Agriculture - Lessons from History, Distant and Recent

Rethinking Public Policy in Agriculture

Journal of Peasant Studies vol. 36, no. 3

Under-explored Treasure Troves of Development Lessons - Lessons from the Histories of Small Rich European Countries

Under-explored Treasure Troves of Development Lessons – Lessons from the Histories of Small Rich European Countries (SRECs)

in M. Kremer, P. van Lieshoust & R. Went (eds.), Doing Good or Doing Better – Development Policies in a Globalising World, Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam

State-owned Enterprise Reform

State-owned Enterprise Reform

in UNDESA (United Nations Department of Social and Economic Affairs) (ed.), National Development Strategies – Policy Notes