Today, ‘innovation' is a priority all over the world, particularly in emerging markets. The President of India declared this decade the ‘Innovation Decade'. In emerging markets the word means much more than catching up by imitating innovative policies and firms from more developed economies....

Decision-makers increasingly look to use non-aid instruments, as well as aid, to achieve the goals of foreign aid policy. These non-aid policies include trade, investment, security and migration policy. Based on an analytical framework emphasizing the direction of causality and the degree of...

Understanding Latin America's recent economic performance calls for a multidisciplinary analysis. This handbook looks at the interaction of economics and politics in the region and includes a number of contributions from top academic experts who have also served as key policy makers, reflecting...