Leading Issues in Economic Development: Studies in International Policy - Softcover

Meier, Gerald M.

 
9780195034158: Leading Issues in Economic Development: Studies in International Policy

Synopsis

The objective of this book is to present a new kind of course book that will bring order to the diffuse subject of economic development without sacrificing a variety of viewpoints and different perspectives. In this updated fourth edition the majority of the material and readings are new. Even more emphasis has been placed on the interrelatedness of the readings and the pedagogical apparatus has been reworked. Contents include: surplus labour and dualistic development; mobilizing foreign resources; industrialization strategy; project appraisal; development planning and policy making; and others. Courses in development economics; aid agencies and staff; government planners in developing countries.

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About the Author

Gerald M. Meier is Konosuke Matsushita Professor Emeritus of International Economics and Policy Analysis at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. James Rauch is Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego, and Research Associate at the National Bureau for Economic Research.

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