Contemporary Issues in Development Economics

Timothy Besley is School Professor of Economics and Political Science at the London School of Economics, 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 Lustig3. 'Small Miracles'—Behavioral Insights To Improve Development Policy: World Development Report 2015; Allison Demeritt And Karla Hoff4. Culture And Different Types Of Collective Action; Gerard Roland And Yang Xie5. Is Poverty In Africa Overestimated Because Of Poor Data?; Andrew Dabalen, Alvin Etang, Rose Mungai, Ayago Wambile And Waly Wane6. 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 Wittenberg8. Assessing The Impact Of Social Grants On Inequality: A South African Case Study; Reinhard Schiel, Murray Leibbrandt And David Lam9. Speculative Capital Flows, Exchange Rate Volatility And Monetary Policy: South African Experience; Shakill Hassan10. 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