Charaiveti: An Academic's Global Journey: By Pranab Bardhan Delhi: Harper Collins Publishers India, 2023, 362 pp., £20 (paperback), P-ISBN: 978-9-356-99574-1/E-ISBN: 978-9-356-99575-8.
The main focus of "Charaiveti" is the life and intellectual journey of an academic who has significantly influenced the field of development economics. The book is structured into 16 chapters, detailing the author's modest beginnings in West Bengal, his academic pursuits at Cambridge and MIT, and hi...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Development Studies Vol. 61; no. 9; pp. 1548 - 1550 |
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