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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... percent , income would double every seventy years . Incomes will double every thirty - five years for a 2 percent growth rate of per capita income . England did indeed become the workshop for the world , to the extent that by the mid ...
... percent , income would double every seventy years . Incomes will double every thirty - five years for a 2 percent growth rate of per capita income . England did indeed become the workshop for the world , to the extent that by the mid ...
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... percent from the late 1880s through the end of World War I. Investment was around 13 percent of GNP ( 18 percent in military investment included ) . The value of exports and imports grew steadily , from 6 to 7 percent of GNP in the late ...
... percent from the late 1880s through the end of World War I. Investment was around 13 percent of GNP ( 18 percent in military investment included ) . The value of exports and imports grew steadily , from 6 to 7 percent of GNP in the late ...
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... percent of the female population and 27 percent of males were literate . By 1971 , only 22 percent of women and 46 percent of men were literate , and by 1991 , 40 percent of women and 64 percent of men were literate . Unfortunately , of ...
... percent of the female population and 27 percent of males were literate . By 1971 , only 22 percent of women and 46 percent of men were literate , and by 1991 , 40 percent of women and 64 percent of men were literate . Unfortunately , of ...
Contents
TABLES FIGURES AND MAPS | 11 |
History of Development Theory | 12 |
Changes in Recent Development Thinking | 27 |
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