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Economics of development : theory and evidence /

By: Thirlwall, A. PContributor(s): Pacheco-López, PenélopeMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi; London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. Edition: 10th edDescription: xxxvii, 641 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781137577948; 9789354354137Subject(s): Development economics | -- Management scienceDDC classification: 338.9 Online resources: WorldCat Details
Contents:
Table of contents 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
Summary: This edition represents the most thorough revision of this classic textbook to date. For nearly 40 years, it has offered students a clear, comprehensive, and rigorous overview of the economic aspects of growth and development
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Table of contents 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

This edition represents the most thorough revision of this classic textbook to date. For nearly 40 years, it has offered students a clear, comprehensive, and rigorous overview of the economic aspects of growth and development

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