Leadership and Growth
• Does leadership affect economic growth and development? • Is leadership an exogenous determinant or an endogenous outcome of growth and development processes? Can we differentiate between the two? • Do leaders' decisions and actions vary in importance over various stages in the process, at least in successful cases? • How important is choosing the right economic model? • To what extent does leadership affect the explicit or implicit time horizons of policy choices? • Is leadership an important determinant of inclusiveness in growth? • In what ways do leaders build consensus or institutions to allow time for the economic plan to work? • What challenges does economic success generate? • How do successful leaders adapt to new problems such as income inequality and a rising middle class? • Does the creation of new institutions play any role in solving these problems? • Why do leaders often choose second best political economic compromises in economic development? This book has been prepared for the Commission on Growth and Development to evaluate the state of knowledge on the relationship between leadership and economic growth. It does not pretend to provide all the answers, but does review the evidence, identify insights and offers examples of leaders making decisions and acting in ways that enhance economic growth. It examines a variety of topics including leaders' roles in: promoting national unity, building good solid institutions, choosing innovative and localized policies, and creating political consensus for long run policy implementation. Written by prominent academics and actual policy makers, Leadership and Growth seeks to create a better understanding of the role of leadership in growth and to encourage further studies of the role of leadership in economic growth.
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Leadership and Growth
• Does leadership affect economic growth and development? • Is leadership an exogenous determinant or an endogenous outcome of growth and development processes? Can we differentiate between the two? • Do leaders' decisions and actions vary in importance over various stages in the process, at least in successful cases? • How important is choosing the right economic model? • To what extent does leadership affect the explicit or implicit time horizons of policy choices? • Is leadership an important determinant of inclusiveness in growth? • In what ways do leaders build consensus or institutions to allow time for the economic plan to work? • What challenges does economic success generate? • How do successful leaders adapt to new problems such as income inequality and a rising middle class? • Does the creation of new institutions play any role in solving these problems? • Why do leaders often choose second best political economic compromises in economic development? This book has been prepared for the Commission on Growth and Development to evaluate the state of knowledge on the relationship between leadership and economic growth. It does not pretend to provide all the answers, but does review the evidence, identify insights and offers examples of leaders making decisions and acting in ways that enhance economic growth. It examines a variety of topics including leaders' roles in: promoting national unity, building good solid institutions, choosing innovative and localized policies, and creating political consensus for long run policy implementation. Written by prominent academics and actual policy makers, Leadership and Growth seeks to create a better understanding of the role of leadership in growth and to encourage further studies of the role of leadership in economic growth.
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• Does leadership affect economic growth and development? • Is leadership an exogenous determinant or an endogenous outcome of growth and development processes? Can we differentiate between the two? • Do leaders' decisions and actions vary in importance over various stages in the process, at least in successful cases? • How important is choosing the right economic model? • To what extent does leadership affect the explicit or implicit time horizons of policy choices? • Is leadership an important determinant of inclusiveness in growth? • In what ways do leaders build consensus or institutions to allow time for the economic plan to work? • What challenges does economic success generate? • How do successful leaders adapt to new problems such as income inequality and a rising middle class? • Does the creation of new institutions play any role in solving these problems? • Why do leaders often choose second best political economic compromises in economic development? This book has been prepared for the Commission on Growth and Development to evaluate the state of knowledge on the relationship between leadership and economic growth. It does not pretend to provide all the answers, but does review the evidence, identify insights and offers examples of leaders making decisions and acting in ways that enhance economic growth. It examines a variety of topics including leaders' roles in: promoting national unity, building good solid institutions, choosing innovative and localized policies, and creating political consensus for long run policy implementation. Written by prominent academics and actual policy makers, Leadership and Growth seeks to create a better understanding of the role of leadership in growth and to encourage further studies of the role of leadership in economic growth.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780821381014
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Publication date: 01/04/2010
Sold by: INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format: eBook
Pages: 300
File size: 1 MB

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Workshop Participants xix

About the Editors and Contributors xxi

Acknowledgments xxv

Abbreviations xxvii

1 Leadership and Politics: A Perspective from the Commission on Growth and Development David Brady Michael Spence 1

2 Leadership for Growth, Development, and Poverty Reduction: An African Viewpoint and Experience Benjamin William Mkaya 19

3 Leadership, Policy Making, Quality of Economic Policies, and Their Inclusiveness: The Case of Rwanda Thomas Rusuhuzwa Kigabo 81

4 Perspectives on Growth: A Political-Economy Framework-Lessons from the Singapore Experience Tan Yin Ying Alvin Eng Edward Robinson 99

5 The Role of Institutions in Growth and Development Daron Acemoglu James Robinson 135

6 Leadership, Policy Making, and Economic Growth in African Countries: The Case of Nigeria Milton A. Iyoha 165

7 Political Leadership and Economic Reform: The Brazilian Experience in the Context of Latin America Fernando Henrique Cardoso Eduardo Graeff 195

8 Economic Reforms, Growth, and Governance: The Political Economy Aspects of Bangladesh's Development Surprise Wahiduddin Mahmud Sadiq Ahmed Sandeep Mahajan 227

Index 255

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