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Author : Jean Waelbroeck
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Acuerdos economicos - India
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Jean Waelbroeck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1290705865
Author : Gerald M. Meier,Joseph E. Stiglitz
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0195215923
With contributions from 35 leading economists, this forward-looking book explores the future of development economics against the background of the past half-century of development thought and practice. Outstanding representatives of the past two generations of development economists assess development thinking at the turn of the century and look to the unsettled questions confronting the next generation.The volume offers a thorough analysis of the broad range of issues involved in development economics, and it is especially timely in its critique of what is needed in development theory and policy to reduce poverty. An overriding issue is whether in the future 'development economics' is to be regarded simply as applied economics or whether the nature and scope of development economics will constitute a need for a special development theory to supplement general economic theory.'Frontiers of Development Economics' is an ideal reference for all those working in the international development community.
Author : Gerald M. Meier
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0195346939
The study of economic development is one of the newest, most exciting, and most challenging branches of the broader discipline of economics and political economy. Although one could claim that Adam Smith was the first "development economist", the systematic study of the problems and processes of economic development in Africa, Asia, and Latin America has emerged only over the past five decades. This biography of the subject of economic development will focus on the essential ideas in the evolution of development thought and policy over the subject's half-century of life. In concise form and avoiding undue technicality, it highlights the influence of development theory on policymaking and on the mixed record of successes and failures in promoting development efforts. The interpretation of theory, policy, and the lessons of experience are covered in three periods: early development economics of the 1950s-60s; orthodox reaction of the 1970s-80s; and the new development economics of the 1980s-90s. Gerald Meier-one of the world's most prominent leading thinkers in the economics of development - interprets the past treatment of development problems with the present and future in mind. He re-interprets the past two generations of development economists in a contemporary voice. And in a forward-looking fashion, the book's perspectives should make the next generation of development problems-and development economists-more intelligible. The reader is invited to consider whether development economists really know how to put matters right.
Author : G. Meier
Publisher : Springer
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1994-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349233427
Most development economists are versed only in the post-World War II period of their subject. But economic growth was a major concern in the 18th century, and colonial economics and policy commanded much attention in the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. A return to these earlier concerns can now provide present-day development economists with a greater appreciation of the intellectual history of their subject. Even more, such a return might strengthen the conceptual and empirical foundations of the subject. These are this book's objectives.
Author : Jomo Kwame Sundaram,Erik S. Reinert
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120950329
Historically much economic thought, especially until the 1960s, has been preoccupied with development economics. In the second half of the 20th century, narrow abstract approaches displaced historically informed discourses, marginalizing greater appreciation of history and the social sciences. The contributors cover mercantilism as associated with Italian city states and in the later German economic tradition; the history of debate over capitalist transformation; and the impact of modern growth theory and international trade on pioneering development economists.
Author : Gerald M. Meier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:860722436
Author : Ben Fine,Costas Lapavitsas,Jonathan Pincus
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000950205
This excellent book, newly available in paperback, addresses the growing dissatisfaction with the neo-liberal post-Washington consensus. The concern of the contributors in writing this collection was that this consensus has established itself as a new orthodoxy, more powerful and widespread than its predecessor. This broad-ranging critique explains that without a much broader political economy the consensus is unlikely to provide a coherent framework for successful development policies. Development Policy in the 21st Century is unique in its depth and assesses the postures of the new consensus topic by topic, whilst posing strong alternatives. It will improve and stimulate the reader's understanding of this important area, and is required reading for any student, academic or interested reader that wishes to understand one of the most important issues in international economics.
Author : Claudia Sunna,Davide Gualerzi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781447292
Development Economics has been identified as a homogeneous body of theory since the 1950s, concerned both with the study of development issues and with the shaping of more effective policies for less advanced economies. Development Economics in the Twenty-First Century brings together an international contributor team in order to explore the origins and evolution of development economics. This book highlights the different elements of 'high development theory' through a precise reconstruction of the different theoretical approaches that developed between the 1950s and the 1970s. These include the theory of balanced and unbalanced growth theory, the debate on international trade, the concept of dualism, dependency theory, structuralism and the analysis of poverty and institutions. The chapters highlight the relevance and usefulness of these analyses for the contemporary theoretical debate on development issues. Comparative perspectives are explored and analysed, including those of Keynes, Hirschman, Krugman and Stiglitz. The chapters situate development economics within current debates among economists and historians of economic thought, providing a platform for future research. This book is suitable for researchers and students with an interest in Development Economics, the History of Economic development and the Economics of Developing Countries.
Author : Tim Allen,Alan Thomas
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0198776268
The new edition of this immensely successful textbook will help students of development economics to see through simplistic analyses and solutions to an understanding of what is perhaps the world's most complex and pressing problem area. Each chapter, written by a specialist in the field, includes discussion questions and chapter summaries, and is generously illustrated with diagrams, tables and photographs.Contents:Part 1: Conceptions of Poverty and Development 1. Poverty and the 'end of development'--Alan Thomas 2. Meanings and Views of Development--Alan Thomas Part 2: A World of Problems? 3. Understanding Famine and Hunger--Ben Crow 4. Diseases of Poverty--Gordon Wilson and Melissa Parker5. Unemployment and Making a Living--David Wield and Joanna Chattaway6. Is the World Over-populated?--Tom Hewitt and Ines Smyth7. Environmental Degradation and Sustainability--Phillip Woodhouse8. A World at War--Tim Allen9. Agencies of Development--Alan Thomas and Tim Allen Part 3: The Great Transformation? 10. Diversity in Pre-Capitalist Societies--Janet Bujra11. Colonialism, Capitalism, Development--Henry Bernstein12. The Power of Colonial States--David Potter 13. Half a Century of Development--Tom Hewitt14. Socialist Models of Development--Andy Kilminster15. The Second 'Great Transformation'? Capitalism at the end of the Twentieth Century--John Harriss Part 4: Understanding Development Now 16. Sustainable Globalization? The Global Politics of Development and Exclusion in the New World Order--Anthony McGrew 17. Democratization,'Good Governance' and Development--David Potter 18. Rethinking Gender Matters in Development--Ruth Pearson19. Technology, Poverty and Development--Gordon Wilson and Richard Heeks20. Life in the Cities--Jo Beale21. Taking Culture Seriously--Tim AllenPart 5: The Future of Development 22. Genetic Engineering of Development? Myths and possibilities--Joanna Chataway, Les Levidow and Susan Carr23. The New Politics of Identity--Tim Allen and John Eade24. Industrialization and Development: Prospects and Dilemmas--Joanna Chataway and Tim Allen
Author : Peter de Haan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030396138
How can the successful development of some former Third World countries be explained, while other developing countries have remained stagnant or worse, have deteriorated into failed states? This book offers a history of the economics of development. De Haan examines how the right mix of policies and evolving insights in development economics have impacted certain countries with the progression from low-income to middle-income, and even high-income status. In particular middle-income countries encounter hindrances to transit into high-income countries. The challenges of low-income countries and those of fragile and failed states is elaborated as well. Due attention is given to successive generations of development economists, economic growth models and international trade theories to provide academic background to the evolution or stagnation of developing countries. The author’s own experience in development aid is woven into the text, making this book important and entertaining reading for researchers, students of development economics, international trade and international aid.
Author : Richard N. Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114960011
Author : Constantine Michalopoulos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319658612
This enlightening book offers a comprehensive historical analysis of the main development challenges of the last half century and the international community’s response through aid and trade. Much has happened: the oil crises of the 1970s, the debt crises of the 1980s, the break-up of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, the Millennium Development Goals, the onslaught of Globalization and the rise of its opponents since the financial crisis of the 2000s. Through it all, development has spread and global poverty declined. The volume assesses the contributions and coherence of developing and developed country policies and the role played by global institutions entrusted with responsibilities to enhance trade and support development. The volume concludes with a focus on the prospects for the future and the changes needed to make globalization more equitable. With 50 years of professional experience in the World Bank, the WTO and bilateral aid agencies, Michalopoulos brings an insider’s perspective on the workings of these institutions and what needs to be done to make them more effective and responsive to changing global needs.
Author : Devesh Kapur,John P. Lewis,Richard C. Webb
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815720130
This effort constitutes the most comprehensive and authoritative work to date on the history of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or the World Bank. Author-editors John Lewis, Richard Webb, and Devesh Kapur chronicle the evolution of this institution and offer insights into its successes, failures, and prospects for the future. The result of their intense labors is an invaluable resource for other researchers and a fascinating study in its own right. The work is divided into two volumes. The first is organized thematically and examines the critical events and policy issues in the World Bank's development over the last fifty years. Chapter topics include poverty alleviation, structural adjustment lending, environmental programs, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the International Development Association (IDA), and the evolution of the Bank as an institution. The second volume contains case studies written by experts with experience in the various regions in which the Bank operates. There are chapters on the Bank's activities in Korea, Mexico, Africa, South Asia, and Eastern Europe. Volume 2 also contains essays on the World Bank's relationship with the United States, Japan, and Western Europe, and its partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). By special arrangement, the authors have had wide-ranging access to confidential documents at the World Bank, making this work a unique source of information on the internal workings of this critical institution. They have also drawn on extensive interviews with current and past Bank officials. Moreover, publication could not be more timely, coming as it does when many in the development community and in the U.S. Congress are questioning the Bank's track record and even its reason for existence. The World Bank: Its First Half Century will be of great interest not only to development practitioners but also to students of international relations, development economics, and global finance. During the course of the project, John P. Lewis and Richard Webb were nonresident senior fellows, and Devesh Kapur was a program associate, in the Foreign Policy Studies program at the Brookings Institution. Lewis is professor emeritus at Princeton University and formerly served as chairman of the Overseas Development Council. Webb is managing director of Instituto Cuanto and formerly served as governor at the Central Reserve Bank of Peru and governor at the International Monetary Fund.
Author : Jeffrey Haynes
Publisher : Polity
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780745638478
‘Development’ first emerged as a subject area in the second half of the twentieth century. After World War II, scholars and practitioners sought to study the causes of poverty and so-called ‘underdevelopment’ in a more systematic and sustained way. These days, the substance of development studies – especially in relation to the developing world – focuses mainly on poverty reduction and improving ‘human development'. It is a dynamic field whose importance cannot be understated as the gap between rich and poor grows seemingly ever wider. In this short overview of the field, Jeffrey Haynes adopts a chronological and conceptual approach to introduce students to the central themes and theoretical perspectives in the study of development. In particular, he examines the emergence and consolidation of development theory and explores the internal and external factors which influence development in poorer regions of the world. Haynes also looks at key issues which impact upon the success of development including globalisation, conflict, the environment, gender and human rights. This book will appeal not only to students of development studies, but also to those interested in the politics, economics and sociology of the developing world.