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Title Leading issues in economic development
Edition Seventh edition / [edited by] Gerald M. Meier, James E. Rauch
Published New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000

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 WATERFT BUSINESS  338.9 Mei/Lii 2000  AVAILABLE
Description xviii, 578 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents Introduction. Measuring development -- Econonmic performance of less developed countries : the recent past -- The discipline of development economics -- Historical perspective -- Savings and investment -- International trade and technology transfer. Trade -- Foreign contact and technology transfer -- Human resources. Education -- Population -- Health and nutrition -- Gender and development -- Migration and the urban informal sector -- Agriculture. The importance of agriculture for economic development -- Designing an agricultural strategy -- Microeconomics of the rural sector --Agricultural pricing policy and urban bias -- Income distribution. The impact of development on income distribution -- The impact of income distribution on development -- Case studies -- Political economy. The (proper) role of the state in less developed countries -- Rent seeking and government failure -- State capacity -- Development and the economy
Notes Previous ed.: 1995
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Economic development.
Author Meier, Gerald M.
Rauch, James E.
LC no. 99059308
ISBN 0195115899 paperback alkaline paper