Ray is a strong believer in the importance of accessibility. And that's why I wrote this book. Toward that end, Princeton has sold rights to Development Economics inexpensively to Oxford University Press, which has in turn made a low-price edition available in India. Ray adds that he is in no hurry to churn out new editions of the book, which when they enter the market tend to discourage cheap secondhand sales of the original version. Dougherty says the book's prospects for finding a mass audience are quite good.
Several translations appear to be in the offing, and overseas sales have been strong.