Development Dilemmas

Melvin Ayogu is Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town and Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers. He has written numerous articles and book chapters in the areas of international finance, public finance, corporate finance, political economy and economic developmentDon Ross is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town. He has published several books and numerous articles on the foundations of behavioural science, game theory and strategic dynamics in international trade.

• Introduction Don Ross and Melvin AyoguPart One: General Perspectives1. Finance for Development Joseph Stiglitz2. Globalization: Less Than Meets The Ear? Robert Bates3. Philosophical Foundations of Normative Economics Daniel Hausman4. Development Theory and the Philosophies of Science Harold Kincaid5. The Political Economy of Statistical Evidence: Economic Data Problems in Developing Countries and Their Impact on Empirical Research Hashem DezhbakhshPart Two: Special Problems and Applications6. Regulation, Enforcement and Development Jean-Jacque Laffont7. Good Ideas and Human Welfare: Big Pharma v. the Developing Nations Alex Rosenberg8. The WTO, Unfair Trade and Development Don Ross9. The 'New (global) Economy' and Inequality in South Africa Nicola Nattrass and Jeremy SeekingsPart Three: New Critical Perpectives10. The Political Philosophy of Needs and Weak States Lawrence Hamilton11. Modelling Human Behaviour: A Biological Perspective on the African Propect Mike Berger12. Afterward Melvin Ayogu and Don Ross