Handbook of development economics Volume 1
For this Handbook authors known to have different views regarding the nature of development economics have been selected. The Handbook is organised around the implications of different sets of assumptions and their associated research programs. It is divided into three volumes, each with three parts...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam, New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co North-Holland
1988, 1988
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| Series: | Handbooks in economics
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| Collection: | Elsevier Handbooks in Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | For this Handbook authors known to have different views regarding the nature of development economics have been selected. The Handbook is organised around the implications of different sets of assumptions and their associated research programs. It is divided into three volumes, each with three parts which focus on the broad processes of development. Volume 1 of the Handbook begins by discussing the concept of development, its historical antecedents, and alternative approaches to the study of development, broadly construed. The second part is devoted to the structural transformation of economies. The role that human resources play in economic development is the focus of the last section of this volume v. 1. The concept of development / Amartya Sen -- The roots of development theory / W. Arthur Lewis -- Alternative approaches to development economics / Pranab Bardhan -- Analytics of development : dualism / Gustav Ranis -- Economic organization, information, and development / Joseph E. Stiglitz -- Long-run income distribution and growth / Lance Taylor and Persio Arida -- Patterns of structural change / Moshe Syrquin -- The agricultural transformation / C. Peter Timmer -- Industrialization and trade / Howard Pack -- Saving and development / Mark Gersovitz -- Migration and urbanization / Jeffrey G. Williamson -- Economic approaches to population growth / Nancy Birdsall -- Education investments and returns / T. Paul Schultz -- Health and nutrition / Jere R. Behrman and Anil B. Deolalikar -- Labor markets in low-income countries / Mark R. Rosenzweig -- Credit markets and interlinked transactions / Clive Bell. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 848 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 0444703373 9780444703378 |