Views From The Developing World

Author : Vegard Iversen,Anirudh Krishna,Kunal Sen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780192650733

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Social Mobility in Developing Countries by Vegard Iversen,Anirudh Krishna,Kunal Sen Pdf

Social mobility is the hope of economic development and the mantra of a good society. There are disagreements about what constitutes social mobility, but there is broad agreement that people should have roughly equal chances of success regardless of their economic status at birth. Concerns about rising inequality have engendered a renewed interest in social mobility—especially in the developing world. However, efforts to construct the databases and meet the standards required for conventional analyses of social mobility are at a preliminary stage and need to be complemented by innovative, conceptual, and methodological advances. If forms of mobility have slowed in the West, then we might be entering an age of rigid stratification with defined boundaries between the always-haves and the never-haves-which does not augur well for social stability. Social mobility research is ongoing, with substantive findings in different disciplines—typically with researchers in isolation from each other. A key contribution of this book is the pulling together of the emerging streams of knowledge. Generating policy-relevant knowledge is a principal concern. Three basic questions frame the study of diverse aspects of social mobility in the book. How to assess the extent of social mobility in a given development context when the datasets by conventional measurement techniques are unavailable? How to identify drivers and inhibitors of social mobility in particular developing country contexts? How to acquire the knowledge required to design interventions to raise social mobility, either by increasing upward mobility or by lowering downward mobility?

Author : Guy F. Erb,Valeriana Kallab
Publisher : New York : Praeger Publishers
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036386436

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Beyond Dependency by Guy F. Erb,Valeriana Kallab Pdf

Compilation of articles presenting the views of developing countries concerning the future development of the world economic system, economic relations and international relations - discusses topics such as self reliance and interdependence, critical political problem areas such as the role of multinational enterprise and foreign investment, population policy, international monetary reform, multilateral aid, the role of UN, the world balance of political power, etc. References.

Author : Atul Kohli
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190069629

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Imperialism and the Developing World by Atul Kohli Pdf

How did Western imperialism shape the developing world? In Imperialism and the Developing World, Atul Kohli tackles this question by analyzing British and American influence on Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America from the age of the British East India Company to the most recent U.S. war in Iraq. He argues that both Britain and the U.S. expanded to enhance their national economic prosperity, and shows how Anglo-American expansionism hurt economic development in poor parts of the world. To clarify the causes and consequences of modern imperialism, Kohli first explains that there are two kinds of empires and analyzes the dynamics of both. Imperialism can refer to a formal, colonial empire such as Britain in the 19th century or an informal empire, wielding significant influence but not territorial control, such as the U.S. in the 20th century. Kohli contends that both have repeatedly undermined the prospects of steady economic progress in the global periphery, though to different degrees. Time and again, the pursuit of their own national economic prosperity led Britain and the U.S. to expand into peripheral areas of the world. Limiting the sovereignty of other states-and poor and weak states on the periphery in particular-was the main method of imperialism. For the British and American empires, this tactic ensured that peripheral economies would stay open and accessible to Anglo-American economic interests. Loss of sovereignty, however, greatly hurt the life chances of people living in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. As Kohli lays bare, sovereignty is an economic asset; it is a precondition for the emergence of states that can foster prosperous and inclusive industrial societies.

Author : Francis Xavier Sutton
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1412816300

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A World to Make by Francis Xavier Sutton Pdf

A World to Make treats a subject that is both complex and controversial. Since the end of the Second World War, and with increasing rapidity in the 1950s and 1960s, Europe's former colonial possessions acquired independence and emerged as new states with new frontiers. That process proved to be immensely difficult both for those who had recently acquired their independence and for those in Latin America and elsewhere who had enjoyed that status for a century or longer. Earlier paradigms of development have either broken down or have been subject to serious modification. The chemistry of development reveals itself as an unstable compound of diverse political, social, cultural, and intellectual elements, not to speak of many that remain primarily economic. The conflicts and institutional interests are so varied that any simple theory of nation building or modernization modeled on past patterns of development in the capitalist West or Communist East seem inadequate. As editor Francis X. Sutton points out, this volume views development in its broad historical complexity, as an organizing principle of governments and international relations, as a set of ideas or ideologies, and as a series of programs and practices. Achieving such goals in a single volume required reaching being the narrow confine of developmentalists as such, to experts in a variety of fields ranging from history to education. The work features a major study by the historian William H. McNeil on "Control and Catastrophe in Human Affairs"; D. Anthony Low on "Development Contexts"; Francis X. Sutton on "Developmental Ideology: Its Emergence and Decline"; John P. Lewis on "Government and National Economic Development"; Mohamed Naciri on "Educational Processes and Access to Knowledge"; and Paul Krugman on "Developing Countries in the World Economy." In each case, the major essay is followed by a sharp analysis and commentary. The work is of intense potential value to international economists, comparative political scientists, and those who stress the important role of volition and culture in the development process. Francis X. Sutton is retired deputy vice president of The Ford Foundation. Since his retirement in 1981, he has served as consultant to the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the World Bank. He is the author of The American Business Creed, and wrote the introduction to the new Transaction edition of The Ford Foundation by Dwight Macdonald.

Author : Steven Radelet
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781476764795

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The Great Surge by Steven Radelet Pdf

"The Great Surge tells the remarkable story of this unprecedented economic, social, and political transformation. It shows how the end of the Cold War, the development of new technologies, globalization, courageous local leadership, and in some cases, good fortune, have combined to dramatically improve the fate of hundreds of millions of people in poor countries around the world. Most importantly, The Great Surge reveals how we can fight the changing tides of climate change, resource demand, economic and political mismanagement, and demographic pressures to accelerate the political, economic, and social development that has been helping the poorest of the poor around the world,"--Amazon.com.

Author : National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). International Steering Committee for the Seminars on Population Policy
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1974-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309022428

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In Search of Population Policy by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). International Steering Committee for the Seminars on Population Policy Pdf

Compilation of five conference reports on population policy for developing countries - includes graphs and statistical tables. Conference held in colombo 1973 feb 12 to 16, conference held in dubrovnik 1973 April 30 to May 4. Conference held in montego bay 1973 aug 20 to 24. Conference held in Nairobi 1973 September 10 to 14. Conference held in manila 1973 November 27 to December 1.

Author : Steven Gale,Sarah Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : UCR:31210023707951

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The Future Can't Wait by Steven Gale,Sarah Jackson Pdf

Author : Institute of Economic Affairs (Great Britain),Barbara Ward,Péter Tamás Bauer
Publisher : London, Institute of Economic Affairs
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003878472

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Two Views on Aid to Developing Countries by Institute of Economic Affairs (Great Britain),Barbara Ward,Péter Tamás Bauer Pdf

The decade of development - study in frustration? by Barbara Ward.- Foreign aid: an instrument for progress? by P.T. Bauer.

Author : Joshua Eisenman,Eric Heginbotham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315472638

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China Steps Out by Joshua Eisenman,Eric Heginbotham Pdf

What are Beijing’s objectives towards the developing world and how they have evolved and been pursued over time? Featuring contributions by recognized experts, China Steps Out analyzes and explains China’s strategies in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Africa, Middle East, and Latin America, and evaluates their effectiveness. This book explains how other countries perceive and respond to China’s growing engagement and influence. Each chapter is informed by the functionally organized academic literature and addresses a uniform set of questions about Beijing’s strategy. Using a regional approach, the authors are able to make comparisons among regions based on their economic, political, military, and social characteristics, and consider the unique features of Chinese engagement in each region and the developing world as a whole. China Steps Out will be of great interest to students and scholars of Chinese foreign policy, comparative political economy, and international relations.

Author : Joshua Eisemann,Eric Heginbotham,Derek Mitchell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317282938

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China and the Developing World by Joshua Eisemann,Eric Heginbotham,Derek Mitchell Pdf

China's relationship with the developing world is a fundamental part of its larger foreign policy strategy. Sweeping changes both within and outside of China and the transformation of geopolitics since the end of the cold war have prompted Beijing to reevaluate its strategies and objectives in regard to emerging nations.Featuring contributions by recognized experts, this is the first full-length treatment of China's relationship with the developing world in nearly two decades. Section one provides a general overview and framework of analysis for this important aspect of Chinese policy. The chapters in the second part of the book systematically examine China's relationships with Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Latin America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. The book concludes with a look into the future of Chinese foreign policy.

Author : Debra A. Miller
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PSU:000060660770

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Developing Nations by Debra A. Miller Pdf

The essays in this anthology provide contrasting views on the most pressing problems confronting developing nations and how they can best be addressed. Readers will evaluate whether the global financial crisis hurts developing nations, whether democracy can succeed in them, and what can be done to aid the developing world. A question-and-response format prompts readers to examine complex issues from multiple angles. By evaluating and understanding divergent opinions, students can attain a balanced knowledge of the topic.

Author : Miguel A. Centeno,Atul Kohli,Deborah J. Yashar,Dinsha Mistree
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107158498

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States in the Developing World by Miguel A. Centeno,Atul Kohli,Deborah J. Yashar,Dinsha Mistree Pdf

An exploration of how states address the often conflicting challenges of development, order, and inclusion.

Author : United Nations. Economic and Social Council. Committee for Development Planning
Publisher : New York : United Nations
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Economic development
ISBN : UOM:39015022280641

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Development in the 1980s by United Nations. Economic and Social Council. Committee for Development Planning Pdf

Author : John Michael Ashley
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128017791

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Food Security in the Developing World by John Michael Ashley Pdf

Approx.210 pages Approx.210 pages

Author : S. Radhakrishna,International Council of Scientific Unions. Committee on Science and Technology in Developing Countries
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0080244890

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Views from the Developing World by S. Radhakrishna,International Council of Scientific Unions. Committee on Science and Technology in Developing Countries Pdf

"This book presents the collectives views of the participants at that Symposium and puts forward their practical suggestions, based on personal experience of the problems of developing regions, on how more effective strategies may be achieved" -- Back cover.