Economic Development
ISBN: 9780521765480 | 052176548X
Edition: 5thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 3/26/2012
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E. Wayne Nafziger analyzes the economic development of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and East-Central Europe. The book is suitable for those with a background in economics principles. Nafziger explains the reasons for the recent fast growth of India, Poland, Brazil, China, and other Pacific Rim countries, and the slow, yet essential, growth for a turnaround of sub-Saharan Africa.
Nafziger explains the reasons for the recent fast growth of India, Poland, Brazil, China and other Pacific Rim countries, and the slow, ye... MORE
Nafziger explains the reasons for the recent fast growth of India, Poland, Brazil, China and other Pacific Rim countries, and the slow, ye... MORE
| Preface | |
| Principles and Concepts of Development | |
| How the other two-thirds live | |
| What is development? | |
| Economic development in historical perspective | |
| Characteristics and institutions of developing countries | |
| Theories of economic development | |
| Poverty Alleviation and Income Distribution | |
| Poverty, malnutrition, and income inequality | ... MORE|
| Rural poverty and agricultural transformation | |
| Factors of Growth | |
| Population and development | |
| Employment, migration, and urbanization | |
| Education, health, and human capital | |
| Capital formation, investment choice, information technology, and technical progress | |
| Entrepreneurship, organization, and innovation | |
| Natural resources and the environment: toward sustainable development | |
| The Macroeconomics and International Economics of Development | |
| Monetary, fiscal, and incomes policy, and inflation | |
| Balance of payments, aid, and foreign investment | |
| The external debt and financial crises | |
| International trade | |
| Development Strategies | |
| The transition to liberalization and economic reform: Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and China | |
| Stabilization, adjustment, and reform | |
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