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title: "Gambling on Development: Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose"
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# Gambling on Development: Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The most important book about international development in decades.
  

*by R***D on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 May 2022*

If you want to understand what truly drives development this is the book for you. It's written in an accessible, fun, way and is packed with anecdotes, stories and data but make no mistake: it is a serious piece of work. Dercon lays out his thesis of why some places develop while others languish, and how trajectories change. He also has something to say about what outsiders can do, and the pretty severe limits to this.It could only have been written by him. He combines real pedigree as an academic economist, a Professor at the University of Oxford and the Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies, with more than a decade as the most senior technocrat in one of the largest aid agencies in the world. He knows better than most both what progress has been made and the relatively humble role played by aid and donors.A must read.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Excellent and thoughtful
  

*by T***D on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 June 2022*

Excellent review of literature in the area an interesting and thought provoking read

### ⭐ 1.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Chatty style.
  

*by E***F on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 August 2022*

Annoying  self-centered writing. Few hard numbers. A very disappointing book

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