Economic Development - Theory and Policy Applications

List of contents

Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Definition of Economic Development
Economic Growth and Development--Concepts and Measurement
A Global Profile of Development and Underdevelopment
History of Economic Development and Underdevelopment
Theories of Economic Growth and Development
The Classical Theories of Economic Growth and Development
The Neoclassical Theories of Economic Growth and Development
The Structuralist Theories of Economic Development
Process of Economic Development--Internal Dimensions
Capital Accumulation and the Process of Development
Population and Human Resources in Development
Industrialization in the Process of Development
Environmental Issues in the Process of Economic Development
Development Planning and Policy Issues
Process of Economic Development--External Dimensions
International Trade and Economic Development
Role of Free Trade and Regional Integration
International Finance and Economic Development
Index

About the author

FIDELIS EZEALA-HARRISON is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of New Brunswick. Dr. Ezeala-Harrison is the author of many journal articles on economic development and is co-editor of Perspectives on Economic Development in Africa (Praeger, 1994).

Product details

• Authors: Fidelis Ezeala-Harrison, Ezeala-Harrison Fidelis
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.09.1996
• EAN: 9780275954796
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95479-6
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Economic theory & philosophy, Political Economy, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Economic theory and philosophy, ECONOMICS: POLICY