Leading issues in economic development
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TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1976Edition: 3rd EditionDescription: xv, 862 pISBN: 9780195020434 ; 019502043XSubject(s): Economic developmentDDC classification: 338.9 Summary: Completely revised and updated, the latest edition of Leading Issues in Economic Development presents a more concise view of development economics, without sacrificing the variety of viewpoints and perspectives that have made previous editions so popular. With a broad range of theoretical, applied, and policy materials, the new edition incorporates many new topics, including the heterogeneity of developing countries and their differing rates of performance, the neoclassical resurgence, organizational dualism, imperfect information and incomplete markets, financial reform, liberalization programs, external debt and country risk analysis, the new export pessimism, microeconomics of the rural sector, food policy, and the new political economy. Most of the selections are new, new notes have been added and former notes revised, new comments are introduced to illuminate special topics, and new exhibits offer empirical illustrations. Finally, throughout the Fifth Edition there is a concentration on fundamental analytical principles and empirical relationships.
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| 338.9 KRI Development Policy: A Study of Indian Perspective | 338.9 MAD The world economy in the 20th century / | 338.9 MAN Economic Policy and Planning | 338.9 MEI Leading issues in economic development | 338.9 NAQ Development economics : a new paradigm | 338.9 NIR Socio-economic profile of SAARC countries / | 338.9 OTH The Other side of development : social psychological implications |
First ed. published in 1964 under title: Leading issues in development economics.
Completely revised and updated, the latest edition of Leading Issues in Economic Development presents a more concise view of development economics, without sacrificing the variety of viewpoints and perspectives that have made previous editions so popular. With a broad range of theoretical, applied, and policy materials, the new edition incorporates many new topics, including the heterogeneity of developing countries and their differing rates of performance, the neoclassical resurgence, organizational dualism, imperfect information and incomplete markets, financial reform, liberalization programs, external debt and country risk analysis, the new export pessimism, microeconomics of the rural sector, food policy, and the new political economy. Most of the selections are new, new notes have been added and former notes revised, new comments are introduced to illuminate special topics, and new exhibits offer empirical illustrations. Finally, throughout the Fifth Edition there is a concentration on fundamental analytical principles and empirical relationships.
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