The Dynamics of Socio-Economic Development
Subtitle: An Introduction
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 7, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 746
ISBN-13: 9780521520843
Subjects: Development economics; Development - Economic Development; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Business & Economics / Economic Development; Economic development; Social change
First sentence: In discussions of development issues two general approaches can be distinguished (see Myint, 1980): 1. The fight against poverty This approach focuses on the problems of widespread poverty, hunger and misery in developing countries and on the question of what can be done in order to realise improvements of the situation in the short term.