Institutional approaches have seen a remarkable revival in social science research within the last decades. In particular New Institutional Economics (NIE) has progressed rapidly over the last years and attracted a considerable deal of attention by social scientists in particular from the...

Over the last thirty years or so, microfinance has risen to become one of the most high-profile policies to address poverty and under-development. in developing and transition countries. It is beloved of rock stars, royalty, movie stars, high profile politicians and `trouble-shooting`...

Professor Lewis is to be congratulated upon being among the first economists to tackle the tricky subject of controlling the nationalised industries.""Financial Times This book analyses some of the difficulties of costing and price formation that arise out of the existence of overhead costs in...

Offers its own distinctive contribution to the methodology of economics applied to developing countries. These lectures are 'penetrating and original'"". <EM>Alan Peacock, Economica</EM> <BR>A series of three lectures, this book discusses the scope and limitations of economics in the study of developing...</em>