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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 53
Page 127
... rural residents . Thus health , education , and other social services are not only made more readily available to political supporters of the ruling elite , but these supporters are most likely to be urban residents and groups . In ...
... rural residents . Thus health , education , and other social services are not only made more readily available to political supporters of the ruling elite , but these supporters are most likely to be urban residents and groups . In ...
Page 132
... rural sector is assumed , and the rural wage rate is assumed to be fixed . Consequently , rural workers must consider both the probability that they will be unemployed and the wage rate in making a decision to migrate . The migration ...
... rural sector is assumed , and the rural wage rate is assumed to be fixed . Consequently , rural workers must consider both the probability that they will be unemployed and the wage rate in making a decision to migrate . The migration ...
Page 133
... rural area has two advantages over urban job cre- ation . First , it actually reduces unemployment and problems associated with unemployment . Jobs are created in the rural area where potential workers do not have to sacrifice ...
... rural area has two advantages over urban job cre- ation . First , it actually reduces unemployment and problems associated with unemployment . Jobs are created in the rural area where potential workers do not have to sacrifice ...
Contents
TABLES FIGURES AND MAPS | 11 |
History of Development Theory | 12 |
Changes in Recent Development Thinking | 27 |
Copyright | |
17 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
absolute convergence Africa agricultural productivity agricultural sector argued Botswana capita income century China colonies commitment problem convergence created decline discussed domestic dramatically economic development economic growth efflorescences England environment environmental Europe European expansion experience exports extract factors farmers fertility firms Gini coefficients growth rates human capital impact import substitution important incentive increased India industrial initial inputs institutional structure investment Japan labor land Latin America levels lineage group manufacturing MENA countries migration nations occur output percent periphery policies political pollution population growth poverty predatory profits property rights protoindustrial rapid reduce reform region relative rent seeking result revenue role ruling elite rural Russia significant Smithian growth social society South Asia South Korea Soviet Union strategy Sub-Saharan Africa Taiwan theory tion total factor productivity trade traditional transition U-form University Press urban wealth workers World Bank