Contemporary Issues in Development Economics

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

1. World Economic Outlook And The Challenges To The UN Development Agenda Beyond 2015; Pingfan Hong
2. Fiscal Policy, Income Redistribution And Poverty Reduction In Latin America: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru And Uruguay; Nora Lustig
3. 'Small Miracles'—Behavioral Insights To Improve Development Policy: World Development Report 2015; Allison Demeritt And Karla Hoff
4. Culture And Different Types Of Collective Action; Gerard Roland And Yang Xie
5. Is Poverty In Africa Overestimated Because Of Poor Data?; Andrew Dabalen, Alvin Etang, Rose Mungai, Ayago Wambile And Waly Wane
6. Filling Gaps When Poverty Data Are Missing: Updating Poverty Estimates Frequently With Different Data Sources In Jordan; Hai-Anh H. Dang, Peter F. Lanjouw, And Umar Serajuddin
7. The Social Pension And Time Allocation In Poor South African Households; Vimal Ranchhod And Martin Wittenberg
8. Assessing The Impact Of Social Grants On Inequality: A South African Case Study; Reinhard Schiel, Murray Leibbrandt And David Lam
9. Speculative Capital Flows, Exchange Rate Volatility And Monetary Policy: South African Experience; Shakill Hassan
10. Challenges Of Urbanisation In India; Isher Judge Ahluwalia
11. Are Foreign Direct Investments In The Balkans Different?; Estrin, Saul And Milica Uvalic
12. Time-Consistency And Dictator Punishment: Discretion Rather Than Rules?; Shaun Larcom, Mare Sarr And Tim Willems

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