"Robert Klitgaard's fertile mind and agile pen have produced another winner. He shows brilliantly that well-functioning markets do not go with state minimalism but are public goods...with vivid illustrations from the most unexpected and diverse sources." Paul Streeten formerly of the Institute of Development Studies, Oxford University
"The author draws on his extensive first-hand experience with developing nations in South America, Africa, and Asia-where he has been a friend and advisor to musicians and cabinet officers, children and chieftains-to test and reveal the practical import of his insights. Klitgaard's rare combination of skills lights up this intellectual adventure." Richard Zeckhauser, Harvard Kennedy
School
"Lively and highly readable...goes beyond the abstractions of academia and the slogans of the World Bank to present a step-by-step guide to identifying problems and implementing the recommended policies."
Journal of Economic Literature"
Adjusting to Reality is unique in dealing with the social problems that inevitably accompany transitions to market economies... An exemplary book." Donald L. Horowitz,
Duke University"Robert Klitgaard possesses a genuine talent for communicating with broad audiences about serious matters of public policy. As with his previous, highly successful
Tropical Gangsters,
Adjusting to Reality explores themes of great interest to scholars and policymakers in an engaging and accessible way... Klitgaard goes further than have others to offer specific steps that governments can take so that 'government failure' does not merely replace 'market failure...The skill with which he employs case materials imparts an immediacy and freshness to his work."
American Political Science Review"Students of the developing areas, whatever their discipline, ideology, or country, will profit from reading this perceptive and undoctrinaire study." Mancur Olson
"Klitgaard has done it again... This new book presents a remarkably concise, readable, and well-informed treatment of the key issues confronting the world's poor countries." Bruce Johnston,
Stanford University
