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Leading issues in economic development
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- Creator
- [edited by] Gerald M. Meier, James E. Rauch
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Seventh edition
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2000
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 578 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 0195115899, 9780195115895
- OCLC
- ocm42955164
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction. Measuring development -- Econonmic performance of less developed countries : the recent past -- The discipline of development economics -- Historical perspective -- Savings and investment -- International trade and technology transfer. Trade -- Foreign contact and technology transfer -- Human resources. Education -- Population -- Health and nutrition -- Gender and development -- Migration and the urban informal sector -- Agriculture. The importance of agriculture for economic development -- Designing an agricultural strategy -- Microeconomics of the rural sector --Agricultural pricing policy and urban bias -- Income distribution. The impact of development on income distribution -- The impact of income distribution on development -- Case studies -- Political economy. The (proper) role of the state in less developed countries -- Rent seeking and government failure -- State capacity -- Development and the economy