CHAPTER 15: UNDERSTANDING PROSPERITY AND POVERTY
For the story of Dai Guofang, see McGregor( 2010), pp. 219 – 26. The story of red telephones is also from McGregor, chap. 1. On the control of the party over media, see Pan( 2008), chap. 9, and McGregor( 2010), pp. 64 – 69 and 235 – 62. The quotes on the party’ s attitudes toward entrepreneurs are from McGregor( 2010), pp. 200 – 201 and 223. For Wen Jiabao’ s comments on political reforms in China, see www. guardian. co. uk / world / 2010 / aug / 29 / wenjiabao-china-reform. The modernization hypothesis is clearly articulated in Lipset( 1959). The evidence against it is discussed in detail in Acemoglu, Johnson, Robinson, and Yared( 2008, 2009). George H. W. Bush’ s quote is from news. bbc. co. uk / 2 / hi / business / 752224. stm.
Our discussion of NGO activity and foreign aid in Afghanistan after December 2001 draws on Ghani and Lockhart( 2008). See also Reinikka and Svensson( 2004) and Easterly( 2006) on problems of foreign aid. Our discussion of problems of macroeconomic reform and inflation in Zimbabwe is from Acemoglu, Johnson, Robinson, and Querubín( 2008). The Seva Mandir discussion is drawn from Banerjee, Duflo, and Glennerster( 2008).
The formation of the Workers’ Party in Brazil is covered in Keck( 1992); on the Scânia strike, see chap. 4. The quote from Cardoso is from Keck, pp. 44 – 45; the quote from Lula is on Keck, p. 65.
The discussion of the efforts of Fujimori and Montesinos to control the media is from McMillan and Zoido( 2004), and the quote on the Chinese Communist Party’ s control is from McGregor( 2010), p. 69.
SOURCES FOR THE MAPS
Map 1: The Inca Empire and road system are adapted from John V. Murra( 1984),“ Andean Societies before 1532,” in Leslie Bethell, ed., The Cambridge History of Latin America, vol. 1( New York: Cambridge University