Law and Development of Middle-Income Countries

This volume asks why many middle-income countries fail to develop after a promising start, becoming mired in the so-called middle-income trap. It addresses the challenges they face from theoretical and practical perspectives and is the first to cover law and development issues in such countries from the perspective of political, administrative and legal institutions and policies.In 1960, there were 101 middle-income countries. By 2008, only thirteen of these had become high-income countries. Why do so many middle-income countries fail to develop after a promising start, becoming mired in the so-called middle-income trap? This interdisciplinary volume addresses the special challenges that middle-income countries confront from both a theoretical and a practical perspective. It is the first volume that addresses law and development issues in middle-income countries from the perspective of political, administrative and legal institutions and policies. The goal is to provide international development agencies and domestic policy makers with feasible recommendations to address the wide range of technically, politically and socially complex issues that middle-income countries face.