Pillars of Prosperity : : The Political Economics of Development Clusters / / Torsten Persson, Timothy Besley.

"Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things." So wrote Adam Smith a quarter of a millennium ago. Usi...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011]
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Year of Publication:2011
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:The Yrjö Jahnsson Lectures
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.) :; 25 line illus. 25 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Series Foreword
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Development Clusters
  • Chapter 2. Fiscal Capacity
  • Chapter 3. Legal Capacity
  • Chapter 4. Political Violence
  • Chapter 5. State Spaces
  • Chapter 6. Development Assistance
  • Chapter 7. Political Reform
  • Chapter 8. Lessons Learned
  • References
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index