For economic development, the central importance of commercial law, private enterprise and public infrastructure are undeniable. Yet trying to transplant such in situations when they are foreign can add political turmoil to economic stagnation. Drawing on The Elgar Companion to Development...

Arguments for cross-disciplinary research in development studies have been applied recently to work on poverty, inequality and well-being. However, much research on these issues remains fragmented and, in particular, the intellectual barrier between economics and the other social science...