Process of Economic Development - Theory, Institutions, Applications and Evidence

Informationen zum Autor James M. Cypher is Professor of Economics at California State University in Fresno, USA. James L. Dietz is Professor of Economics at California State University in Fullerton. , USA. Klappentext Discusses development from the colonial era to the present in Latin America! Asia and Africa. Using classical development ideas and current theory it provides students with the type of balanced picture disallowed them by other textbooks. Zusammenfassung Discussing development from the colonial era to the present in Latin America, Asia and Africa, this insightful text uses classical development ideas and current theory to provide students with a balanced picture unavailable from other textbooks. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One: An Overview of Economic Development 1. The Development Imperative 2. Measuring Economic Growth and Development 3. Development in Historical Perspective Part Two: 4. Classical and Neoclassical Theories 5. Developmentalist Theories of Economic Development 6. Heterodox Theories of Economic Development Part Three: The Structural Transformation 7. The State as a Potential Agent of Transformation: From Neoliberalism to Embedded Autonomy 8. Endogonous Growth Theories 9. The Initial Structural Transformation: The Industrialization Process 10. Strategy Switching and Industrial Transformation 11. Agriculture and Development 12. Population, Education and Human Capital 13. Technology and Development Part Four: 14. Transnational Corporations and Economic Development 15. Macroeconomic Equilibrium: The Internal Balance 16. Macroeconomic Equilibrium: The External Balance 17. The Debt Problem and Development 18. International Institutional Linkages: The IMF, The World Bank, and Foreign Aid.

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• Authors: James M Cypher, James M (California State University Cypher, James M. Cypher, James M. Dietz Cypher, Cypher James M., James L Dietz, James L. Dietz
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.01.2004
• EAN: 9780415254151
• ISBN: 978-0-415-25415-1
• No. of pages: 568
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Latin America, Economics, Asia, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Development Studies