New directions in development economics Book

As a reader who has just completed an introductory course in Game Theory, Wydick's, Games in Economic Development, provides the much needed comfort that comes with knowing that the theoretical, often seemingly oversimplified models, that are seen in game theory are in fact replicated in the real world. The book provides numerous real world issues relating to growth and economic development that can be fitted neatly (and sometimes not so neatly) into a game theoretic structure. The book (and this is perhaps my biggest take away from it) served as a passage into seeing the world a terms of games, be it with regards to corruption, trade or politics. While my course gave me a theoretic understanding of the subject, this book allowed me to look at real world issues through the lens of game theory. And while I may forget the particular examples used in the book, this will stay with me. The book also cited many studies of other economists, sociologists and political scientists and put their findings into a game theory framework which was extremely interesting. Last, Wydick does brilliantly in writing this book since its content gradually grows in complexity; it allows the reader to get accustomed to the terms, language and structure of the models of game theory with simpler examples before moving on to the more complex, mathematical and technical examples.
(A 3.5 is possibly a more accurate rating of this book)