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Leading issues in economic development
Publication details: New York Oxford University Press 2000Edition: 7thDescription: 578p xixISBN:- 9780195115895
- 338.900000Â MEI
Contents:
Table of contents
I. Introduction;
A. Measuring Development;
B. Economic Performance of Less Developed Countries;
C. The Discipline of Development Economics;
II. Historical Perspective;
III. Savings and Investment;
IV. International Trade and Technology Transfer;
A. Trade;
B. Foreign Contact and Technology Transfer;
V. Human Resources;
A. Education;
B. Population;
C. Health and Nutrition;
D. Gender and Development;
VI. Migration and the Urban Informal Sector;
VII. Agriculture;
A. The Importance of Agriculture for Economic Development;
B. Designing an Agricultural Strategy;
C. Microeconomics of the Rural Sector;
D. Agricultural Pricing Policy and Urban Bias;
VIII. Income Distribution;
A. The Impact of Development on Income Distribution;
B. The Impact of Income Distribution on Development;
C. Case Studies;
IX. Political Economy;
A. The (Proper) Role of the State in Less Developed Countries;
B. Rent Seeking and Government Failure;
C. State Capacity;
X. Development and the Environment;
Appendix How to Read a Regression Table
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Table of contents
I. Introduction;
A. Measuring Development;
B. Economic Performance of Less Developed Countries;
C. The Discipline of Development Economics;
II. Historical Perspective;
III. Savings and Investment;
IV. International Trade and Technology Transfer;
A. Trade;
B. Foreign Contact and Technology Transfer;
V. Human Resources;
A. Education;
B. Population;
C. Health and Nutrition;
D. Gender and Development;
VI. Migration and the Urban Informal Sector;
VII. Agriculture;
A. The Importance of Agriculture for Economic Development;
B. Designing an Agricultural Strategy;
C. Microeconomics of the Rural Sector;
D. Agricultural Pricing Policy and Urban Bias;
VIII. Income Distribution;
A. The Impact of Development on Income Distribution;
B. The Impact of Income Distribution on Development;
C. Case Studies;
IX. Political Economy;
A. The (Proper) Role of the State in Less Developed Countries;
B. Rent Seeking and Government Failure;
C. State Capacity;
X. Development and the Environment;
Appendix How to Read a Regression Table