Charlie Robertson

The Time-Travelling Economist (eBook, PDF)

Why Education, Electricity and Fertility Are Key to Escaping Poverty

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This insightful and original book explores the key issues that countries in Africa and South Asia need to address in order to escape poverty. Challenging traditional assumptions about the world's poorest countries, the top priorities to address are identified as adult literacy, electricity for manufacturing, and the consequence of the relationship between fertility and savings.

These suggestions are placed within a historical perspective, placing discussions on modern day Africa and South Asia alongside the development of East Asia, Europe, and the Americas in previous generations and centuries.

The Time-Travelling Economist aims to move conversations about development beyond the resource curse or private sector failings, with a fresh focus on the policies that governments can embark on independently and affordably that will transform their future. It will be of interest to anyone interested in the future of the world's low income countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030975975
• Artikelnr.: 64200407

Autorenporträt

Charlie Robertson is Global Chief Economist at Renaissance Capital. He is a leading emerging markets specialist, who covers the global economic themes having the greatest impact on emerging markets.

Inhaltsangabe

Education: No Take Off Without Adult Literacy.- Electricity: Power to the People.- Sex and Money: How Many Babies Are Too Many?.- Debt: A Debt Crisis Is Probably Unavoidable in a Bid to Create Jobs.- Demographics and Growth: Who Booms, When?.- What the Future Holds: Democracy, Corruption, ESG and Emigration.- Conclusion.

Rezensionen

How come no one told me about this book before? it is one of the best popular economics books of the last decade, and one of the best books on economic development period. People should talk about it more! And to be sure, that description popular is misleading. Like other good books in this genre, it is deeper and better than merely being popular, . (Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution, marginalrevolution.com, February 8, 2023)

The Time-Travelling Economist is at times technical, but it is fascinating read. (The Daily Telegraph, July 9, 2022)
The book is the product of more than a decade of research and extensive travel across Africa and other developing countries. It is genuinely original contribution to how development can be achieved." (David Whitehouse, the africa report, theafricareport.com, June 2, 2022)