Gambling on Development: Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose Book by Stefan Dercon

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✅ Language - English

✅ Dimensions - 5.5 x 8.26 inches

✅ Pages Amount 394

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Gambling on Development: Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose (2022) by Stefan Dercon argues that a country’s economic success is not determined by perfect policy recipes or ideal institutions, but by whether its local elites collectively choose to "gamble" on a long-term development bargain over short-term personal enrichment. Dercon, an Oxford professor and former Chief Economist for the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), draws on 30 years of experience across 40 countries to show that progress only occurs when those in power actively back it.