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Meier, Gerald M. (Editor)

Frontiers of development economics : the future in perspective - Washington, D.C. : World Bank ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2001. - x, 575 pages : illustrations ;

Includes index.

The old generation of development economists and the new / Gerald M. Meier --
On the goals of development / Kaushik Basu --
Fallacies in development theory and their implications for policy / Irma Adelman --
Revisiting the challenge of development / Vinod Thomas --
The evolution of thinking about poverty: exploring the interactions / Ravi Kanbur and Lyn Squire --
Development issues: settled and open / Shahid Yusuf and Joseph E. Stiglitz --
Distributive conflicts, collective action, and institutional economics / Pranab Bardhan --
Historical perspectives on development / Nicholas Crafts --
In quest of the political: the political economy of development policymaking / Merilee S. Grindle --
Modern economic theory and development / Karla Hoff and Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Co-edited by the Vice President of the World Bank, this volume offers work from a generation of thinkers in development economics.

ISBN: 9780195215922 0195215923

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Development economics.

Dewey Class. No.: 338.9 / MEI