Development Economics through the Decades
Development Economics through the Decades

Author: Shahid Yusuf

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2008-12-16

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0821377566

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'This volume not only offers an invaluable retrospective of the World Bank's best thinking on development but also has the analytical caliber and policy insights to become an indispensable source for those dealing with the present and future growth and equity challenges faced by the developing countries.' -- Ernesto Zedillo

Advancing Development
Advancing Development

Author: G. Mavrotas

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-01-05

Total Pages: 830

ISBN-13: 0230801463

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This book reflects on current thinking in development economics and on what may happen over the next two decades. As well as studying development economics in retrospect, the volume explores the current debates and challenges and looks forward at the problems that affect the global capacity to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

International Development and the Social Sciences
International Development and the Social Sciences

Author: Frederick Cooper

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9780520209572

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"This superb collection assembles a number of stimulating and theoretically current contributions by outstanding scholars."—Angelique Haugerud, author of The Culture of Politics in Modern Kenya

Contemporary Issues in Development Economics
Contemporary Issues in Development Economics

Author: Timothy Besley

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-29

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1137529741

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This IEA volume brings together a set of essays written by leading authors on themes relevant to the study of economic development. The book covers a range of topics many of which are relevant to policy issues. The contributors bring new insights from empirical research in a range of economies with chapters including discussions of the UN development agenda, fiscal policy in Latin America, poverty data in Africa and Jordan, and monetary policy in South Africa. Contemporary Issues in Development Economics is an essential read for researchers, scholars and policymakers interested in economic development in low- and middle-income countries.

Dissent on Development
Dissent on Development

Author: Péter Tamás Bauer

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780674212824

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With style and imagination, this iconoclastic work covers the major issues in development economics. In eight carefully reasoned essays, P. T. Bauer challenges most of the accepted notions and supports his views with evidence drawn from a wide range of primary sources and direct experience. The essays were selected on the basis of their interest to students and general readers from Bauer's book, Dissent on Development: Studies and Debates in Development Economics. Reviewing the previous work, the Wall Street Journal wrote: "It could have a profound impact on our thinking about the entire development question... Quite simply, it is no longer possible to discuss development economics intelligently without coming to grips with the many arguments P. T. Bauer marshalled in this extraordinary work."

Global Economics in Extraordinary Times
Global Economics in Extraordinary Times

Author: C. Fred Bergsten

Publisher: Peterson Institute

Published: 2012-11-15

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0881326623

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Over five decades, John Williamson has written across an extraordinarily broad set of topics in international economics ranging from international monetary economics to development policy. The arc of his scholarship follows the main preoccupations of international economists during the second half of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st. Bridging the scholarly literature and policy debates, his publications on the Washington Consensus, exchange rate policy, and international monetary reform have profoundly influenced public discourse, government policy, and the evolution of the economics discipline. As John marked his 75th birthday, his friends and colleagues prepared this collection of essays to celebrate these many contributions and reflect on their relevance to the challenges that confront the world economy in the wake of the 2008 09 global financial crisis and its current aftermath in Europe.

Opportunities and Challenges in Development
Opportunities and Challenges in Development

Author: Simanti Bandyopadhyay

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2020-10-30

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 9789811399831

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This book provides a broad overview of the current research on various aspects of development, with a focus on India. The content and treatment of the subject of development in this volume is distinctive in many ways. It is a balanced mix of theory and practical elements, dealing with a number of issues at micro as well as macro levels. The analyses of the current socio-economic problems are attempted in an elegant yet simple manner which makes it equally useful for an aspiring researcher in economics or any inter disciplinary field. The methodologies of the articles include analytical verbal argumentative logic, theoretical constructs or different versions of statistical, econometric or programming techniques. It also contains well written survey articles, which are useful in grasping the fundamental research issues and in tracing the progress of research in an area. The general scope of the book is very wide as the readership can include researchers, scholars, graduate and undergraduate students, policy makers and practitioners. Though the contributors are primarily scholars in the field of Economics or Statistics, the book contains useful takeaways for those working in the area of Development. It will also be of interest to policy makers and practitioners interested in development issues, and to post graduate students in Economics or any field, in social science, management or development.