Beating the Odds: Jump-Starting Developing Countries

by Justin Yifu Lin and Célestin Monga

Book Overview

How poor countries can ignite economic growth without waiting for global action or the creation of ideal local conditions

Countries that ignite a process of rapid economic growth almost always do so while lacking what experts say are the essential preconditions for development, such as good infrastructure and institutions. In Beating the Odds, two of the world's leading development economists begin with this paradox to explain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691192332
• ISBN13: 9780691192338
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.7"