Introduction (Paul Dobrescu) -- Part I. Envisaging Development in the Contemporary Society: Theory and Public Debates -- Why Do Some Countries Develop and Others Not? (Ian Goldin) -- Measuring the Hard-to-Measure in Development: Dimensions, Measurement Challenges, and Responses (Anne L. Buffardi, Tiina Pasanen and Simon Hearn) -- Get it Right this Time? Leaving the Periphery of the European Economic Development (Cristian Păun and Florina Pînzaru) -- "Nous Choisissons l'Europe": EU's Economic Development and Current Challenges (Clara Volintiru and Gabriela Drăgan) -- European Imbalances: The Sound and the Fury (Jérôme Creel) -- Part II. Challenges and Opportunities for Development in the Post-Crisis Period -- Unable to Stop Inequality from Rising: Evidence from Romania (Paul Dobrescu and Flavia Durach) -- The East-West Divide in the European Union: A Development Divide Reframed as a Political One (Alina Bârgăoanu, Raluca Buturoiu and Flavia Durach) -- New Frontiers in Sovereign Wealth Fund Capitalization (Juergen Braunstein and Asim Ali) -- The Impact of Macroeconomic Factors on FDI Attractiveness: Romania, Slovakia, and Greece in Comparison (Kalliopi Kasapi, Andriana Lampou, George Economakis, George Androulakis and Ioannis Zisimopoulos) -- Health Care and Migration: What Data Can Tell Us of the Hard-to-Measure Impact of Migrants on the European Health Systems (Caterina Francesca Guidi and Alessandro Petretto) -- The Multiple Impact of Education Gaps in Romania (Diana-Maria Cismaru and Nicoleta Corbu) -- Europeanization in the Making: Perceptions of the Economic Effects of European Integration in Romania (Florența Toader and Loredana Radu) -- .