Leading issues in economic development

Abstract

The 8th Edition is updated to include renaming of savings and investment chapter and expansion of chapter to include contagion and development issues raised by the Asian financial crisis, political economy expands its treatment of the political process of decision making, the human resource chapter adds coverage of gender issues, treatment of poverty is updated to reflect recent research, and new selections are added on the role of social capital in productivity and also on transition economies, selections are strengthened that deal with the microeconomics of development, education, health and agriculture. Now in its seventh edition, Leading Issues in Economic Development introduces a new co-author, James E. Rauch, and features the most insightful readings from this dynamic and engaging field. It maintains classic themes established over the last 35 years while strengthening analytical and quantitative dimensions and pointing to contemporary and future problems of development policy making.

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