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Robert Hunter Wade
Researcher at London School of Economics and Political Science
Publications - 159
Citations - 11960
Robert Hunter Wade is an academic researcher from London School of Economics and Political Science. The author has contributed to research in topics: Globalization & Poverty. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 156 publications receiving 11503 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert Hunter Wade include World Bank & Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Governing the market: economic theory and the role of government in East Asian industrialization
TL;DR: Wade's Governing the market quickly established itself as a standard in contemporary political economy as discussed by the authors, and the synergy between markets and public administration and the way allocation decisions were divided between markets, public administration, and corporations was examined.
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Is Globalization Reducing Poverty and Inequality
TL;DR: The empirical basis of the neoliberal argument is questioned and the evidence confirms that globalization in the context of the world economic regime in place since the end of Bretton Woods generates more "mutual benefit" than "conflicting interests".
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What strategies are viable for developing countries today? the world trade organization and the shrinking of 'development space'
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe how the three agreements constitute a modern version of Friedrich List's 'kicking away the ladder' and outline some needed changes in the way we think about development and in the role of multilateral organizations.
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The system of administrative and political corruption: Canal irrigation in South India
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe how some irrigation engineers raise vast amounts of illicit revenue from the distribution of water and contracts, and redistribute part to superior officers and politicians, and argue that the corruption system, which is centred on control of personnel transfers, is an important supply side reason for poor performance of canal-irrigated agriculture.