Contemporary Issues in Development Economics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. World Economic Outlook and the Challenges to the UN Development Agenda Beyond 2015

   • Pingfan Hong

   Pages 1-10

3. Fiscal Policy, Income Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Latin America: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay

   • Nora Lustig

   Pages 11-18

4. “Small Miracles” — Behavioral Insights to Improve Development Policy: The World Development Report 2015

   • Allison Demeritt, Karla Hoff

   Pages 19-43

5. Culture and Collective Action

   • Gerard Roland, Yang Xie

   Pages 44-60

6. Is Poverty in Africa Overestimated Because of Poor Data?

   • Andrew Dabalen, Alvin Etang, Rose Mungai, Ayago Wambile, Waly Wane

   Pages 61-89

7. Filling Gaps when Poverty Data are Missing: Updating Poverty Estimates Frequently with Different Data Sources in Jordan

   • Hai-Anh H. Dang, Peter F. Lanjouw, Umar Serajuddin

   Pages 90-96

8. The Social Pension and Time Allocation in Poor South African Households

   • Vimal Ranchhod, Martin Wittenberg

   Pages 97-111

9. Assessing the Impact of Social Grants on Inequality: A South African Case Study

   • Reinhard Schiel, Murray Leibbrandt, David Lam

   Pages 112-135

10. Speculative Capital Flows, Exchange Rate Volatility and Monetary Policy: South African Experience

    • Shakill Hassan

    Pages 136-162

11. Challenges of Urbanisation in India

    • Isher Judge Ahluwalia

    Pages 163-177

12. Are Foreign Direct Investments in the Balkans Different?

    • Saul Estrin, Milica Uvalic

    Pages 178-193

13. Time-consistency and Dictator Punishment: Discretion Rather than Rules?

    • Shaun Larcom, Mare Sarr, Tim Willems

    Pages 194-202

14. Back Matter

    Pages 203-211

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This IEA volume brings together a set of essays written by leading authors on themes relevant to the study of economic development. The book covers a range of topics many of which are relevant to policy issues. The contributors bring new insights from empirical research in a range of economies with chapters including discussions of the UN development agenda, fiscal policy in Latin America, poverty data in Africa and Jordan, and monetary policy in South Africa.

Contemporary Issues in Development Economics is an essential read for researchers, scholars and policymakers interested in economic development in low- and middle-income countries.

• Development
• United Nations development agenda
• Economic policy
• International Economic Association
• Fiscal policy
• Latin America
• Poverty
• Monetary policy
• South Africa
• development
• development economics
• Economic Development
• economic policy
• economics
• foreign direct investment
• IEA
• international economics
• monetary policy

• London School of Economics, UK

  Timothy Besley

Timothy Besley is School Professor of Economics and Political Science at the London School of Economics, UK, and President of the International Economic Association.

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