While it is possible for economies to grow based on abundant land or natural resources, more often structural change-the shift of resources from low-productivity to high-productivity sectors-is the key driver of economic growth. Structural transformation is vital for Africa. The region's...

1. Introduction -- 2. The increasing financialisation of everything? -- 3. Financialisation : how and why is it happening? -- 4. The relationship between the virtual and the material -- 5. Frontiers of accumulation and ecology -- 6. Illicit financial flows and exemptions from sovereignty -- 7....

1. Age related pension expenditure and fiscal space : an overview / Mukul G. Asher and Fauziah Zen -- 2. Modelling pension expenditure : selected issues / Junichiro Takahata -- 3. Public pension system and fiscal policy response in China / Jin Feng and Qin Chen -- 4. Age related pension...

1. Exploring institutional complexity in a less formal context -- 2. The ubiquity of institutions: shaping economic development -- 3. Afghanistan : persisting instability, informality and tradition -- 4. Transforming norms towards unlocking societal barriers -- 5. Constructing institutions in...

1. Introduction : giving meaning to civic innovation / Kees Biekart, Wendy Harcourt and Peter Knorringa -- 2. The institutional foundations of civic innovation / Georgina M. Gomez and Holly A. Ritchie -- 3. Change actors and civic innovators : who triggers change? Systematising the role of...

We provide new micro evidence on the discussion about the relationship between financial development and welfare. Relying on the concept of local financial development our analysis focuses on three dimensions of household welfare: vulnerability to poverty, investment, and consumption smoothing....