The Elusive Quest for Growth
Subtitle: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: August 8, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780262550420
Subjects: Development economics; Economic theory & philosophy; Economic Policy; Economic Theory; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Developing countries; Economics - General; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Development - Economic Development; Economics - Theory
First sentence: The typical rate of infant mortality in the richest fifth of countries is 4 out of every 1,000 births; in the poorest fifth of countries, it is 200 out of every 1,000 births.