This introduction reviews some of the issues and controversies within development economics over the last half century. Particular attention is given to the status of development economics as a sub-discipline of economics and to the relationship between theoretical and empirical contributions....

This paper is concerned with disagreements between researchers over economic policy and poverty and the implications for policy makers. It sets out to show that on three selected policy questions the 'conventional wisdom' is in fact highly contested. It then discusses why this might be and what...

This paper addresses the following question: why are we still arguing about globalization? Focus is placed on the conceptual point of departure, 'globalization' and its quantification. Differentiation is made between two perspectives on global economic integration: globalization as...