1 Institutional change and economic development: An introduction by Ha-Joon Chang 1
2 Understanding the relationship between institutions and economic development - some key theoretical issues by Ha-Joon Chang 17
3 Extending the 'institutional' turn: Property, politics, and development trajectories by Peter B. Evans 35
4 Institutionalism ancient, old, and new: A historical perspective on institutions and uneven development by Erik S. Reinert 53
5 Modern bureaucracy by John Toye 75
6 Central banks as agents of economic development by Gerald Epstein 95
7 Corporate governance, innovative enterprise, and economic development by William Lazonick 115
8 The political economy of taxation and tax reform in developing countries by Jonathan di John 135
9 The rule of law, legal traditions, and economic growth: The East Asian example by Meredith Jung-En Woo 157
10 State formation and the construction of institutions for the first industrial nation by Patrick Karl O'Brien 177
11 The role of federalism in developing the US during nineteenth-century globalization by Eric Rauchway 199
12 Institutions and economic growth: The successful experience of Switzerland, 1870-1950 by Thomas David and Andre Mach 219
13 The rise and halt of economic development in Brazil, 1945-2004: Industrial catching-up, institutional innovation, and financial fragility by Leonardo Burlamaqui and Jose A. P. de Souza and Nelson H. Barbosa-Filho 239
14 Rethinking import-substituting industrialization: Development strategies and institutions in Taiwan and China by Tianbino Zhu 261
15 Developmental nationalism and economic performance in Africa: The case of three 'successful' African economies by Julius Kuza 281
Index 281