International Handbook of Development Economics

ISBN 10: 1845423275 / ISBN 13: 9781845423278

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2008

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Title: International Handbook of Development ...

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

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Synopsis:

This two-volume original reference work provides a comprehensive overview of development economics and comprises contributions by some of the leading scholars working in the field. Authors are drawn from around the world and write on a wide range of topics.

After providing an introduction to the subject (by examining issues like the meaning and measurement of development, historical and interdisciplinary approaches, empirical regularities and data problems), the contributors provide a wealth of perspectives on, and analyses of, development economics. They discuss alternative approaches to development, the macroeconomics of growth, factors and sources of economic development (such as capital, labor, entrepreneurship, resources and technology), major sectors of concern (such as agriculture, industry, services and the informal sector) and international issues (such as trade, capital and labor flows and technology transfers). Income distribution and poverty, the state and other institutions, and actual development experiences are explored. The contributors provide analytical contributions, as well as the relation between these contributions and real world and policy issues from a variety of alternative perspectives.

Scholars, students, policymakers and other development practitioners will all find this comprehensive reference invaluable.

About the Author:

Edited by Amitava Krishna Dutt, Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, US and the late Jaime Ros, former Professor, Department of Economics and Policy Studies, and Faculty Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, US