CONTENTS
Acknowledgments = ⅸ
Preface to the Paperback Edition = ⅹ
Prologue : The Quest = xi
Ⅰ Why Growth Matters = 1
1 To Help the poor = 5
Intermezzo : In Search of a River = 16
Ⅱ Panaceas That Failed = 21
2 Aid for Investment = 25
Intermezzo : Parmila = 45
3 Solow's Surprise : Investments Is Not the Key to Growth = 47
Intermezzo : Dry Cornstalks = 70
4 Educated for What? = 71
Intermezzo : Without a Refuge = 85
5 Cash for Condoms? = 87
Intermezzo : Tomb Paintings = 99
6 The Loans That Were, the Growth That Wasn't = 101
Intermezzo : Roumeen's Story = 121
7 Forgive Us Our Debts = 123
Intermezzo : Cardboard House = 138
Ⅲ People Respond to Incentives = 141
8 Tales of Increasing Returns : Leaks, Matches, and Traps = 145
Intermezzo : War and Memory = 170
9 Creative Destruction : The Power of Technology = 171
Intermezzo : Accident in Jamaica = 193
10 Under an Evil Star = 195
Intermezzo : Favela Life = 215
11 Governments Can Kill Growth = 217
Intermezzo : Florence and Veronica = 240
12 Corruption and Growth = 241
Intermezzo : Discrimination in Palanpur = 253
13 Polarized Peoples = 255
Intermezzo : Violent for Centuries = 282
14 Conclusion : The View from Lahore = 285
Notes = 293
References and Further Reading = 313
Index = 335
Acknowledgments = ⅸ
Preface to the Paperback Edition = ⅹ
Prologue : The Quest = xi
Ⅰ Why Growth Matters = 1
1 To Help the poor = 5
Intermezzo : In Search of a River = 16
Ⅱ Panaceas That Failed = 21
2 Aid for Investment = 25
Intermezzo : Parmila = 45
3 Solow's Surprise : Investments Is Not the Key to Growth = 47
Intermezzo : Dry Cornstalks = 70
4 Educated for What? = 71
Intermezzo : Without a Refuge = 85
5 Cash for Condoms? = 87
Intermezzo : Tomb Paintings = 99
6 The Loans That Were, the Growth That Wasn't = 101
Intermezzo : Roumeen's Story = 121
7 Forgive Us Our Debts = 123
Intermezzo : Cardboard House = 138
Ⅲ People Respond to Incentives = 141
8 Tales of Increasing Returns : Leaks, Matches, and Traps = 145
Intermezzo : War and Memory = 170
9 Creative Destruction : The Power of Technology = 171
Intermezzo : Accident in Jamaica = 193
10 Under an Evil Star = 195
Intermezzo : Favela Life = 215
11 Governments Can Kill Growth = 217
Intermezzo : Florence and Veronica = 240
12 Corruption and Growth = 241
Intermezzo : Discrimination in Palanpur = 253
13 Polarized Peoples = 255
Intermezzo : Violent for Centuries = 282
14 Conclusion : The View from Lahore = 285
Notes = 293
References and Further Reading = 313
Index = 335