TY - BOOK AU - Werker,Eric AU - Pritchett,Lant AU - Sen,Kunal TI - Deals and development: the political dynamics of growth episodes SN - 9780198801641 U1 - 338.90091724 DEA PY - 2018/// CY - Oxford, United Kingdom PB - Oxford University Press KW - Economic development KW - Developing countries KW - fast KW - Economic history KW - Wirtschaftsentwicklung KW - gnd KW - Wirtschaftliche Stabilität KW - Wirtschaftspolitik KW - Economic conditions KW - Entwicklungsländer N1 - GBP 63.00 TRP40/65; Includes bibliographical references and index; Deals and development : an introduction to the conceptual framework; Lant Pritchett, Kunal Sen, and Eric Werker --; Deals and development in a resource-dependent, fragile state : the political economy of growth in Liberia, 1960-2014; Eric Werker and Lant Pritchett --; Powerbrokers and patronage : why Malawi has failed to structurally transform and deliver inclusive growth; Jonathan Said and Khwima Singini --; Navigating the deals world : the politics of economic growth in Bangladesh; Mirza Hassan and Selim Raihan --; Not minding the gap : unbalanced growth and the hybrid political settlement in Cambodia; Tim Kelsall and Seiha Heng --; Political settlements and structural change : why growth has not been transformational in Ghana; Robert Darko Osei, Charles Ackah, George Domfe, and Michael Danquah --; Dominance and deals in Africa : how politics shapes Uganda's transition from growth to transformation; Badru Bukenya and Sam Hickey --; The disorder of "miracle growth" in Rwanda : understanding the limitations of transitions to open ordered development; Pritish Behuria and Tom Goodfellow --; The stroll, the trot, and the sprint of the elephant : understanding Indian growth episodes; Kunal Sen, Sabyaschi Kar, and Jagadish Prasad Sahu --; The politics of structural (de)transformation : the unravelling of Malaysia and Thailand's dualistic deals strategies; Kunal Sen and Matthew Tyce --; Searching for a "recipe" for episodic development; Lant Pritchett, Kunal Sen, and Eric Werker N2 - When are developing countries able to initiate periods of rapid growth and why have so few been able to sustain growth over decades? This book provides a novel conceptual framework built from a political economy of business-government relations and applies it to nine countries across Africa and Asia, drawing actionable policy recommendations ER -