The Development Economics Reader
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: June 21, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780415771566
Subjects: Development economics; Development - Economic Development; Business & Economics / Economic Development; Business / Economics / Finance
First sentence: Between 1975 and 2004, average incomes in Uganda more than doubled.
Description: This book collects the most recent and authoritative contributions to the field of development economics and provides a wealth of pedagogical materials that make it ideal for classroom use.  As countries such as China and India are experiencing tremendous economic growth, other parts of the world such as Sub-Saharan Africa remain mired in poverty and unable to raise standards of living.  This volume helps readers understand why poor countries are poor and why designing policies to reduce poverty is such a challenging task. The book is divided into eight parts and the main themes include economic growth, poverty and inequality, human capital, globalization and foreign aid. The reader focuses on the most recent and up-to-date contributions to the field of development economics.  The articles chosen for the book: (1) are understandable to students with limited background in economics; (2) are all written by well-respected development economists or by authoritative scholars and reporters, including Amartya Sen, Jeffrey Sachs, Muhammad Yunus, Hernando de Soto, Dani Rodrik, William Easterly, Joseph Stiglitz, Abhijit Banerjee and Daron Acemoglu; (3) include the most recent contributions to the area of development economics, reflecting the latest research and the most promising ideas in the field; (4) acquaint students with the wide variety of points of view that generate the controversies and lively debate typical of development economics.  Each part begins with an extensive introduction and a preview of each selection; review and discussion questions follow each reading, and at the end of each part there are suggestions for further reading. Contemporary and highly accessible, 'The Development Economics Reader' is an invaluable resource for all students of the discipline.
Notes: Advance Praise for  The Development Economics Reader: "The Development Economics Reader, edited by Giorgio Secondi, offers a wonderful introduction to the great themes and debates of development economics.  The subject is endlessly fascinating, important, and complex, and the Reader does justice to the richness of the field, and in a manner that is remarkably accessible for students without a technical background in economics.  The Reader not only offers a judicious and balanced selection of important articles, but also provides a consistently high-quality introduction for each major theme, as well as review and discussion questions following each article and a valuable annotated list of further readings for each topic." --Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Special Advisor to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, and author of The End of Poverty.
Table of contents: title: I. Introduction: Economic Growth, Economic Development, and Human Development; title: II. Geography, Institutions, and Governance; title: III. Beyond Growth: Inequality and Poverty; title: IV. People in Development: Population Growth, Health, Education, and Child Labor; title: V. Agriculture, the Environment, and Sustainable Development; title: VI. Financial Markets and Microcredit; title: VII. International Trade, Capital Flows, and Financial Crises; title: VIII. Foreign Aid and Debt Relief