Economic Development: A Regional, Institutional, and Historical ApproachM.E. Sharpe, 2007 - 320 pages This innovative textbook provides an introduction to economic development in both an historical and contemporary, comparative, and systems framework. The text takes a regional approach, with the theory developed within regional contexts. This leads to the second innovative aspect, an emphasis on institutional structures unique to each region. Third, the authors analyze the development process within the historical context of each region, and consider institutional inheritance from both the pre-colonial and colonial eras and in contemporary times. Thoroughly classroom tested, the text requires no previous courses in economics, although basic principles of economics would be useful. An Instructor's Manual with discussion questions, a test bank, and PowerPoint slides is available online to instructors who adopt the text. |
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... central planning board that would seek to set a price at which quantity demanded equals the quantity sup- plied . In theory , such a system could be just as efficient as capitalism with the additional benefit that inequality could be ...
... central planning board that would seek to set a price at which quantity demanded equals the quantity sup- plied . In theory , such a system could be just as efficient as capitalism with the additional benefit that inequality could be ...
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... central government . Lau , Qian , and Roland ( 2000 ) have characterized this process of reform as a dual - track approach to transition . They argue that a dual - track approach is an efficiency - enhanc- ing reform process . " The ...
... central government . Lau , Qian , and Roland ( 2000 ) have characterized this process of reform as a dual - track approach to transition . They argue that a dual - track approach is an efficiency - enhanc- ing reform process . " The ...
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... central government's support of these issues . Moreover , education programs targeted at the environment have also ... central government must prevent local and regional governments from erecting barriers to the movement of goods , so ...
... central government's support of these issues . Moreover , education programs targeted at the environment have also ... central government must prevent local and regional governments from erecting barriers to the movement of goods , so ...
Contents
TABLES FIGURES AND MAPS | 11 |
History of Development Theory | 12 |
Changes in Recent Development Thinking | 27 |
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