Economics of Development: Theory and Evidence

ISBN-13: 9781137577948 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 680 str.

A. P. Thirlwall; Penelope Pacheco-Lopez

Opis

This established and well-respected text provides a comprehensive treatment of both theory and policy debates, illustrated throughout with up-to-date examples. New features of this new edition include expanded material on BRIC countries, education and regional inequalities within countries, as well as updated case studies and data throughout. A new resource on the companion website provides links to useful videos relating to topics in the text.

Spis treści

PART I DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT.- 1. The Study of Economic Development.- 2. The Development Gap and the Measurement of Poverty.- 3. The Characteristics of Underdevelopment and Structural Change.- 4. Theories of Economic Growth: Old and New.- PART II FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.- 5. The Role of Agriculture and Surplus Labour for Industrialisation.- 6. Capital Accumulation, Technical Progress and Techniques of Production.- 7. Human Capital: Education, The Role of Women, Nutrition and Health.- 8. The Role of Institutions in Economic Development.- 9. The Role of the State in Economic Development.- PART III THE PERPETUATION OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT.- 10. Dualism, Centre-Periphery Models and the Process of Cumulative Causation.- 11. Population and Development.- 12. Development and the Environment.- PART IV FINANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.- 13. Financing Development from Domestic Resources.- 14. Foreign Assistance, Aid, Debt and Development.- PART V INTERNATIONAL TRADE, THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT.- 15. Trade Theory, Policy and Economic Development.- 16. The Balance of Payments, International Monetary Assistance and Development.

O autorze

A.P. Thirlwall is Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Kent, UK. He has lectured widely in developing countries and has been a consultant to several international development agencies including the African Development Bank and the Pacific Islands Development Programme in Hawaii. He has written a number of other books in the field of development economics, and is Series Editor of the Great Thinkers in Economics collection published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Penélope Pacheco-López teaches economics at the University of Kent, UK, and has been a Consultant to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the International Trade Centre, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). She is the author with A.P.Thirlwall of Trade Liberalization and the Poverty of Nations.

Blurb

The economic and social development of the world’s poorest countries, and the eradication of primary poverty, is one of the greatest challenges facing the world. This tenth edition of Tony Thirlwall’s classic textbook Economics of Development, now co-written with Penélope Pacheco-López, provides a clear, comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the theory of development economics and the experience of developing countries.

Highlights of the new edition include:

• A brand new chapter on human capital: education, nutrition, health, and the role of women in development

• New material on the Sustainable Development Goals, the measurement of poverty, and the multidimensional poverty index

• Discussion of randomized control trials • The role of structural change in economic development

• New IMF lending facilities 

An ideal textbook for students of economics and other social sciences, this edition contains up-to-date statistics and data, case examples and website references. A companion website is available at www.palgravehighered.com/Thirlwall-Econ-Of-Dev-10e, which includes PowerPoint slides for lecturers, as well as web links to additional resources and videos on development issues.

‘The first edition of this classic text was in 1972, now in 2017 we have a tenth edition. No scholarly work survives for almost half a century without continuing to be current, relevant and authoritative; a considerable task in our fast changing world. Edition number 10 does not disappoint, and will continue to be of great value to current generations of students interested in the economics of development. It is stimulating, informative and comprehensive; as with previous editions, it also maintains rigour whilst continuing to be accessible.’ – Sir David Greenaway, University of Nottingham, UK

‘Economics of Development is by far the best undergraduate textbook in development economics. The new edition expands coverage of the material to include important and relevant topics such as the Sustainable Development Goals, multidimensional poverty, health and nutrition, microcredit, climate change and randomised control trials, and should be an essential reference for students and scholars alike.’ – Kunal Sen, University of Manchester, UK

‘Successive editions of Tony Thirlwall’s textbook on the economics of development have become classic guides to the subject – comprehensive, clear and dispassionate. This updated edition is again outstanding, an essential contemporary introduction to the topic.’ – Frances Stewart, University of Oxford, UK

‘This splendid book, which has gone from strength to strength through ten comprehensive editions, is unquestionably the finest available introduction to the challenging and ever-evolving subject of economic development.’ – Prema-chandra Athukorala, Australian National University, Australia

A.P. THIRLWALL is Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Kent, UK. He has lectured widely in developing countries and has been a consultant to several international development agencies. He has also written a number of other books in the field of growth and development, and is Series Editor of Great Thinkers in Economics, published by Palgrave Macmillan.

PENÉLOPE PACHECO-LÓPEZ teaches economics at the University of Kent, UK, and has been Consultant to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the International Trade Centre, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). With A.P. Thirlwall she is co-author of Trade Liberalization and the Poverty of Nations.