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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
M J Trebilcock; Mariana Mota Prado |
| ISBN: | 9780857938862 085793886X 9780857938916 0857938916 |
| OCLC Number: | 751752275 |
| Description: | viii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The ends and means of development -- The rule of law and development: in search of the Holy Grail -- The property rights/contract rights development nexus -- Political regimes, ethnic conflict and development -- Public administration, corruption and development -- State-owned enterprises, privatization and development -- International trade, foreign direct investment, and development -- Foreign aid and development: the aid-institutions paradox -- In search of knowledge. |
| Responsibility: | Michael J. Trebilcock, Mariana Mota Prado. |
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Abstract:
This important book focuses on the idea that institutions matter for development, asking what lessons we have learned from past reform efforts, and what role lawyers can play in this field.
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'Law and development is a difficult field. It is at once multi-disciplinary and comparative; historical and policy driven; theoretical and empirical; positive and normative. Here at long last is a book that provides a masterful overview and critical analysis that will make this field accessible to students and teachers alike.' - Katharina Pistor, Columbia Law School, US Read more...
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