The Elusive Quest for Growth : Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Prologue: The Quest -- I - Why Growth Matters -- 1 - To Help the Poor -- Intermezzo: In Search of a River -- II - Panaceas That Failed -- 2 - Aid for Investment -- Intermezzo: Parmila -- 3 - Solow's Surprise: Investment Is Not the Key to Growth -- Intermezzo: Dry Cornstalks -- 4 - Educated for What? -- Intermezzo: Without a Refuge -- 5 - Cash for Condoms? -- Intermezzo: Tomb Paintings -- 6 - The Loans That Were, the Growth That Wasn't -- Intermezzo: Roumeen's Story -- 7 - Forgive Us Our Debts -- Intermezzo: Cardboard House -- III - People Respond to Incentives -- 8 - Tales of Increasing Returns: Leaks, Matches, and Traps -- Intermezzo: War and memory -- 9 - Creative Destruction: The Power of Technology -- Intermezzo: Accident in Jamaica -- 10 - Under an Evil Star -- Intermezzo: Favela Life -- 11 - Governments Can Kill Growth -- Intermezzo: Florence and Veronica -- 12 - Corruption and Growth -- Intermezzo: Discrimination in Palanpur -- 13 - Polarized Peoples -- Intermezzo: Violent for Centuries -- 14 - Conclusion: The View from Lahore -- Notes -- References and Further Reading -- Index.

Why economists' attempts to help poorer countries improve their economic well-being have failed.

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