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Frontiers of development economics : the future in perspective / Gerald M. Meier, Joseph E. Stiglitz, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Development economics.
- Physical Description:
- x, 575 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : World Bank ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- This forward-looking volume explores the future of development economics against the background of the past half century of development thought and practice. Outstanding representatives of the past two generations of development economists assess development thinking at the turn of the century and look to the unsettled questions confronting the next generation.
- The volume offers a thorough analysis of the broad range of issues involved in development economics. It is especially timely in its critique of what is needed in development theory and policy to reduce poverty. An overriding issue is whether in the future "development economics" is to be regarded simply as applied economics or whether the nature and scope of development economics will constitute a need for a special development theory to supplement general economic theory.
- Contents:
- The old generation of development economists and the new / Gerald M. Meier
- On the goals of development / Kaushik Basu
- Fallacies in development theory and their implications for policy / Irma Adelman
- Revisiting the challenge of development / Vinod Thomas
- The evolution of thinking about poverty: exploring the interactions / Ravi Kanbur and Lyn Squire
- Development issues: settled and open / Shahid Yusuf and Joseph E. Stiglitz
- Distributive conflicts, collective action, and institutional economics / Pranab Bardhan
- Historical perspectives on development / Nicholas Crafts
- In quest of the political: the political economy of development policymaking / Merilee S. Grindle
- Modern economic theory and development / Karla Hoff and Joseph E. Stiglitz.
- Notes:
- Revised papers and commentary from the symposium, "The Future of Development Economics," held in Dubrovnik in May 1999 and sponsored by the University of Zagreb and the World Bank.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195215923
- OCLC:
- 43318319
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