Benjamin Powell

Making poor nations rich

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ISBN 13:
9780804757324
author:
Benjamin Powell
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Stanford University Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2007
Pages:
479
Dimensions:
22.78 x 16.13 x 2.54 centimetres
Genre:
Business, Entrepreneurship, Business,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 10 working days
£29.48

Description

Benjamin Powell's Making Poor Nations Rich explores the critical role entrepreneurs and institutional environments play in economic development. Through case studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe, the author argues that pro-market reforms are essential to promoting productive entrepreneurship and economic growth.

The book examines how entrepreneurs create economic growth and why some institutional environments encourage more productive entrepreneurship than others. It also addresses countries and regions that have failed to develop due to barriers to entrepreneurship, as well as those that have developed by reforming their institutional environment to protect private property rights and grant greater levels of economic freedom.

The overall lesson from this volume is clear: sustained economic development requires a supportive institutional environment that protects private property rights and grants greater levels of economic freedom. This book provides valuable insights into the importance of pro-market reforms in promoting economic growth and development.

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