Immiserizing Growth Fails the Poor - Theory and Empirical Research

Immiserizing Growth presents a conceptualization of immiserizing growth which combines the notions of failed and malevolent inclusion, being bypassed, and 'avoidably' harmed by growth, respectively.

List of contents

• Part 1: Theory, Concepts, Processes, and Mechanisms


• 1: Introduction


• 2: Conceptual Framework: Failed and Malevolent Inclusion


• 3: Historical Origins: Malthus, Ricardo, and Marx


• 4: Contemporary Contributions: Processes and Mechanisms


• Part 2: Empirical Evidence


• 5: Cross Country Econometric Analysis


• 6: Cross Country Qualitative Comparative Analysis


• 7: Typology Construction for Case Study Selection


• 8: Case Studies


• 9: Conclusion

About the author

Paul Shafer is a Professor of International Development Studies at Trent University, Canada. His work focuses on poverty in the Global South on which he has published widely. He is the author of Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis (2013) and co-editor of Immiserizing Growth: When Growth Fails the Poor (2019), both by Oxford University Press.

Summary

Immiserizing Growth presents a conceptualization of immiserizing growth which combines the notions of failed and malevolent inclusion, being bypassed, and 'avoidably' harmed by growth, respectively.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Shaffer, Paul (Professor Shaffer, Shaffer Paul
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.02.2024
• EAN: 9780192870056
• ISBN: 978-0-19-287005-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, International Economics, Development Economics, Development economics and emerging economies