Economics of Development Theory and Evidence

Name: Economics of Development Theory and Evidence
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ISBN: 9780230222298

ISBN-10: 0230222293

ISBN-13: 9780230222298

Edition: 9th 2011 (Revised)

Authors: A. P. Thirlwall

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Book details

List price: $54.99
Edition: 9th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 4/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 712
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.76" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 2.948
Language: English

Tony has lectured widely in developing countries and has been a consultant to several international agencies including the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Pacific Islands Development Program in Hawaii. He has written a number of specialized texts in the field of development economics and is Series Editor of Palgrave'snbsp;Great Thinkers in Economicsnbsp;collection.




Development and Underdevelopment


The Study of Economic Development


The Development Gap and the Measurement of Poverty


The Characteristics of Underdevelopment and Structural Change


The Role of Institutions in Economic Development


Theories of Economic Growth: Why Growth Rates Differ between Countries



Factors in the Development Process


The Role of Agriculture and Surplus Labour for Industrialisation


Capital Accumulation, Technical Progress and Techniques of Production



Perpetuation of Underdevelopment


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


Population and Development



The Role of the State, The Allocation of Resources, and Sustainable Development


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



Financing Economic Development


Financing Development from Domestic Resources


Foreign Assistance, Aid, Debt and Development



International Trade, The Balance of Payments and Development


Trade Theory, Trade Policy and Economic Development


The Balance of Payments, International Monetary Assistance and Development


References and Further Reading