Economics of Development: Theory and Evidence - Softcover

Thirlwall, A.P.

 
9780230222298: Economics of Development: Theory and Evidence
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0230222293 ISBN 13: 9780230222298
Verlag: Red Globe Press, 2011

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The 9th edition of Thirlwall's 'Economics of Development: Theory and Evidence' (formerly Growth and Development) represents the most thorough revision of this classic textbook to date. For nearly forty years, it has offered students a clear, comprehensive and rigorous overview of the economic aspects of growth and development.

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A.P. THIRLWALL Professor of Applied Economics, University of Kent, UK. He has lectured widely in developing countries and has been a consultant to several international agencies including the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Pacific Islands Development Program in Hawaii. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Development Studies and African Development Review. He has written a number of specialized economics texts and is Series Editor of Palgrave's Great Thinkers in Economics collection.
 
Visit Tony Thirlwall's web page: www.kent.ac.uk/economics/staff/profiles/tony-thirlwall.html

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Tony Thirlwall's bestselling 'Economics of Development' (formerly 'Growth and Development') provides a clear, comprehensive and analytically rigorous introduction to development for students of economics. For the Ninth Edition, the contents have been revised comprehensively and reorganized to reflect the evolving field.

Highlights of the revision include substantial new material covering:
? institutions and development – a new chapter
? failed states
? the Stern Review and the impact of climate change on the poor
? financial development and economic development
? the macroeconomic impact of aid, and aid's critics
? growth accelerations, growth diagnostics and binding constraints on
growth
? the theory and practice of trade liberalization
? recent research into global and international income distribution
? the technological divide
? how markets function in the rural agricultural sector
? brief biographical sketches of some famous growth and development economists

Visit Tony Thirlwall's website at www.kent.ac.uk/economics/staff/profiles/tony-thirlwall.html

Instructors: Please see www.palgrave.com/economics/thirlwall9 for information on accessing the Ninth Edition's ancillaries.

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Verlag
Red Globe Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0230222293
ISBN 13 
9780230222298
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
712
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