| Description |
xxxiv, 463 pages :\bill. ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Munich lectures in economics |
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Munich lectures in economics.
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| Contents |
1. Living standards and poverty -- 2. Development as a process of change -- 3. Lessons of development policy -- 4. Lessons from development theory -- 5. A strategy for development -- 6. Data and measurement as drivers of change -- 7. The dynamics of the investment climate -- 8. The dynamics of empowerment -- 9. The dynamics of preferences -- 10. The dynamics of political reform -- 11. The challenge -- 12. Domestic action : public finances and the role of the state -- 13. International action : trade and aid -- Conclusion : a strategy to guide policy, a program for learning, and a plan for action |
| Summary |
"In Growth and Empowerment, Nicholas Stern, Jean-Jacques Dethier, and F. Halsey Rogers propose a new strategy for development. Drawing on many years of work in development economics - in academia, in the field, and at international institutions such as the World Bank - the authors base their strategy on two interrelated approaches: building a climate that encourages investment and growth and at the same time empowering poor people to participate in that growth. This plan differs from other models for development, including the dogmatic approach of market fundamentalism popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Stern, Dethier, and Rogers see economic development as a dynamic process of continuous change in which entrepreneurship, innovation, flexibility, and mobility are crucial components and the idea of empowerment, as both a goal and a driver of development, is central |
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The book points to the unique opportunity today - after 50 years of successes and failures, and with a growing body of analytical work to draw on - to pursue new development strategies in both research and action."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Economic development.
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Economic policy.
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| Author |
Dethier, Jean-Jacques, 1952-
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Rogers, F. Halsey, 1965-
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| LC no. |
2004057878 |
| ISBN |
0262195178 alkaline paper |
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