A history of the emergence of development economics as a distinct sub-discipline.

W. Arthur Lewis was one of the foremost intellectuals, economists, and political activists of the twentieth century. In this book, the first intellectual biogra

This book explores the history of economic development thought, with an emphasis on alternative approaches in macro development economics. Given that the pionee

This edited volume examines the relationship between economic ideas, economic policies and development institutions, analysing the cases of 11 peripheral countr

Why Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial Revolution During the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and th