Economic Development

Name: Economic Development
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ISBN: 9780521765480

ISBN-10: 052176548X

ISBN-13: 9780521765480

Edition: 5th 2012 (Revised)

Authors: E. Wayne Nafziger

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Nafziger explains the reasons for the recent fast growth of India, Poland, Brazil, China, and other Pacific Rim countries, and the slow, yet essential, growth for a turnaround of sub-Saharan Africa. The book is suitable for those with a background in economics principles. The fifth edition of the text, written by a scholar of developing countries, is replete with real-world examples and up-to-date information. Nafziger discusses poverty, income inequality, hunger, unemployment, the environment and carbon-dioxide emissions, and the widening gap between rich (including middle-income) and poor countries. Other new components include the rise and fall of models based on Russia, Japan,…

Book details

List price: $88.95
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/26/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 856
Size: 7.20" wide x 10.24" long x 1.38" tall
Weight: 3.278
Language: English



Preface



Principles and Concepts of Development



How the other two-thirds live



What is development?



Economic development in historical perspective



Characteristics and institutions of developing countries



Theories of economic development



Poverty Alleviation and Income Distribution



Poverty, malnutrition, and income inequality



Rural poverty and agricultural transformation



Factors of Growth



Population and development



Employment, migration, and urbanization



Education, health, and human capital



Capital formation, investment choice, information technology, and technical progress



Entrepreneurship, organization, and innovation



Natural resources and the environment: toward sustainable development



The Macroeconomics and International Economics of Development



Monetary, fiscal, and incomes policy, and inflation



Balance of payments, aid, and foreign investment



The external debt and financial crises



International trade



Development Strategies



The transition to liberalization and economic reform: Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and China



Stabilization, adjustment, and reform