A. P. Thirlwall, Penélope Pacheco-López

Economics of Development (eBook, PDF)

Theory and Evidence

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This established and well-respected text provides a comprehensive treatment of both theory and policy debates, illustrated throughout with up-to-date examples. New features of this new edition include expanded material on BRIC countries, education and regional inequalities within countries, as well as updated case studies and data throughout. A new resource on the companion website provides links to useful videos relating to topics in the text.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 680
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137577955
• Artikelnr.: 54275208

Autorenporträt

A.P. Thirlwall is Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Kent, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT.- 1. The Study of Economic Development.- 2. The Development Gap and the Measurement of Poverty.- 3. The Characteristics of Underdevelopment and Structural Change.- 4. Theories of Economic Growth: Old and New.- PART II FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.- 5. The Role of Agriculture and Surplus Labour for Industrialisation.- 6. Capital Accumulation, Technical Progress and Techniques of Production.- 7. Human Capital: Education, The Role of Women, Nutrition and Health.- 8. The Role of Institutions in Economic Development.- 9. The Role of the State in Economic Development.- PART III THE PERPETUATION OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT.- 10. Dualism, Centre-Periphery Models and the Process of Cumulative Causation.- 11. Population and Development.- 12. Development and the Environment.- PART IV FINANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.- 13. Financing Development from Domestic Resources.- 14. Foreign Assistance, Aid, Debt and Development.- PART V INTERNATIONAL TRADE, THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT.- 15. Trade Theory, Policy and Economic Development.- 16. The Balance of Payments, International Monetary Assistance and Development.