The Elusive Quest for Growth - Table of Contents

August 2002
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The Elusive Quest for Growth
Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics
William R. Easterly

	Acknowledgments	ix

	Preface to Paperback Edition Sample Chapter - Download PDF (19 KB)	x

	Prologue: The Quest	xi

I	Why Growth Matters	1

1	To Help the Poor Sample Chapter - Download PDF (99 KB)	5

	Intermezzo: In Search of a River	16

II	The Panaceas That Failed	21

2	Aid for Investment	25

	Intermezzo: Parmila	45

3	Solow's Surprise: Investment Is Not the Key to Growth	47

	Intermezzo: Dry Cornstalks	70

4	Educated for What?	71

	Intermezzo: Without a Refuge	85

5	Cash for Condoms?	87

	Intermezzo: Tomb Paintings	99

6	The Loans That Were, the Growth That Wasn't	101

	Intermezzo: Roumeen's Story	121

7	Forgive Us Our Debts	123

	Intermezzo: Cardboard House	138

III	People Respond to Incentives	141

8	Tales of Increasing Returns: Leaks, Matches, and Traps	145

	Intermezzo: War and Memory	170

9	Creative Destruction: The Power of Technology	171

	Intermezzo: Accident in Jamaica	193

10	Under an Evil Star	195

	Intermezzo: Favela Life	215

11	Governments Can Kill Growth	217

	Intermezzo: Florence and Veronica	240

12	Corruption and Growth	241

	Intermezzo: Discrimination in Palanpur	253

13	Polarized Peoples	255

	Intermezzo: Violent for Centuries	282

14	Conclusion: The View from Lahore Sample Chapter - Download PDF (52 KB)	285

	Notes	293

	References and Further Reading Sample Chapter - Download PDF (159 KB)	313

	Index Sample Chapter - Download PDF (55 KB)	335

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