Growth and Development: With Special Reference to Developing Economies - Softcover

Thirlwall, A. P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333746791 ISBN 13: 9780333746790

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

Synopsis

This textbook is specifically designed for students of economics and the social sciences who are taking a first course in economic development with a background knowledge of micro and macro economics. It is written in a way that should also make it accessible to policy makers and all those concerned with the process of economic development in the Third World. In this extensively revised and updated edition there is extended discussion on the measurement of poverty, the characteristics of underdevelopment, the role of the State in the development process and the financial aspects of development. This text is intended for advanced undergraduate courses in growth and development as part of economics and other related degree programmes, and should also be useful for economic development courses as part of social science degree courses.

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From the Publisher

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Reviews: 'Very useful overview. Good breadth of topics, and useful depth for BA and MA students.' - Dr TAS Bowyer-Bower, University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies

'There are several textbooks on development, but none of them can match Thirlwall's in-depth discussion of major development issues, grounded in economic theory.' - Professor V.N. Balasubramanyam, Professor of Development Economics, Lancaster University

'This text is the best available introduction to development economics...The revised edition, like its predecessors, will be widely read and consulted.' - Professor Christopher Colclough, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

'...it is still the best available development economics textbook for economics undergraduates.' - Professor Norman Gemmell, Professor of Development Economics, University of Nottingham

Contents: Preface to the Sixth Edition

GNP Per Capita Map of the World

PART ONE: DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT

The Study of Economic Development

The Development Gap and the Measurement of Poverty

The Characteristics of Underdevelopment and Structural Change

Theories of Economic Growth: Why Growth Rates Differ Between Countries

PART TWO: FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

Land, Labour and Agriculture

Capital and Technical Progress

PART THREE: OBSTACLES TO DEVELOPMENT

Dualism, Centre-Periphery Models and the Process of Cumulative Causation

Population and Development

PART FOUR: THE ROLE OF THE STATE, THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CHOICE OF TECHNIQUES

Resource Allocation in Developing Countries: The Market Mechanism and the Role of the State

Project Appraisal, Social Cost-Benefit Analysis and Shadow Wages

Development and the Environment

The Choice of Techniques

Input-Output Analysis

PART FIVE: FINANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Financing Development from Domestic Resources

Foreign Assistance, Debt and Development

PART SIX: INTERNATIONAL TRADE, THE BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT

Trade and Development

The Balance-of-Payments, International Monetary Assistance and Development

References and Further Reading

Author Index

Subject Index

About the Author

TONY THIRLWALL is Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333746791
• ISBN 13: 9780333746790
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 544