Leading Issues in Economic Development

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 672 pages
• Published by: Oxford University Press, USA
• Edition: 8th Edition January 6, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0195179609
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0195179606
• Book Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 1.4 inches
• Weighs: 2.5 pounds

Product Review

"A splendid bookit covers so many topics with such clarity and judgment. It is a real delight to use it for our course as a main text."--Amartya Sen, Harvard University
"An great reference source for students of development. It is comprehensive, balanced and provides an great reference text for students to follow according to their individual interests."--Chris Barrett, Utah State University
"As always, a very impressive collection of classic and recent contributions!"--James Cobbe, Florida State University
"This book has become a classic in development. I do not think you can teach the subject nowadays without at least recommending some articles out of this book to your students."--Hassan Y. Aly, Ohio State University
"An great update to the leading source in its area! Highly recommended!"--Dale DeBoer, Colorado University
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Product Description
Completely updated and revised in this eighth edition, Leading Issues in Economic Development, covers the main issues in economic development through professional journal articles by leading scholars. These articles are edited to provide greater accessibility to an undergraduate audience and organized thematically using overview essays along with explanatory notes and comments. This distinctive approach allows for a variety of perspectives while keeping the most important overall themes in sight.
This extensive collection of articles and essays is prefaced with an introductory section that covers the measurement of development, recent economic performance of less developed countries, and the discipline of development economics. It also provides historical perspective on how the world divided into rich and poor countries and treatments of international trade, human resources, investment and finance, urbanization and the informal sector, agriculture, income distribution, political economy, as well as development and the environment.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Leading Issues in Economic Development (Paperback) This book is a very good introduction to development economics for those who have some background in economics. The book does assume some prior knowledge of concepts and terminology, as it seeks to address many of the main contemporary issues related to development. There is a definite bias of focus on Third World developing countries rather than transitional or developed countries. The issues addressed include the more traditional ones (such as poverty reduction, trade policy, population issues, financing issues) coupled with some newer areas of debate (such as the specific role of women in development). Most interesting I found the section on industrial and technological progress, which follows from the classical eocnomics argument that there should be no indsutrial policy. As it is a compilation of arguments, it does not go terribly in depth in any of the subjects, but offers enough references for those who wish to do so. For the introductory student of development, this is an essential compilation. For the more advanced student, this is great reference and the bibliography is a list of important works.