Frontiers of development economics
Subtitle: the future in perspective
By: Gerald M. Meier, Joseph E. Stiglitz, editors.
Contributors: Meier, Gerald M.; Stiglitz, Joseph E.
Publisher: World Bank; Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 575
Subjects: Development economics
Notes: Revised papers and commentary from the symposium, "The Future of Development Economics," held in Dubrovnik in May 1999 and sponsored by the University of Zagreb and the World Bank.

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