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This classic, bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of development economics. The tenth edition of Tony Thirlwall's book, now co-written with Penélope Pacheco-López, provides a clear, comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the theory of development economics and the experience of developing countries. Balancing a historic approach with current data and references, it provides a wide-ranging analysis of the subject. This all-inclusive methodology succeeds at representing different schools of thought with a balance of micro and macro topics.
An ideal textbook for undergraduate students of economics and other social sciences, it is also suitable for upper undergraduate and master's level modules on development economics as an option on a non-economics degree.
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PART I DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT.- 1. The Study of Economic Development.- 2. The Development Gap and the Measurement of Poverty.- 3. The Characteristics of Underdevelopment and Structural Change.- 4. Theories of Economic Growth: Old and New.- PART II FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.- 5. The Role of Agriculture and Surplus Labour for Industrialisation.- 6. Capital Accumulation, Technical Progress and Techniques of Production.- 7. Human Capital: Education, The Role of Women, Nutrition and Health.- 8. The Role of Institutions in Economic Development.- 9. The Role of the State in Economic Development.- PART III THE PERPETUATION OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT.- 10. Dualism, Centre-Periphery Models and the Process of Cumulative Causation.- 11. Population and Development.- 12. Development and the Environment.- PART IV FINANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.- 13. Financing Development from Domestic Resources.- 14. Foreign Assistance, Aid, Debt and Development.- PART V INTERNATIONAL TRADE, THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT.- 15. Trade Theory, Policy and Economic Development.- 16. The Balance of Payments, International Monetary Assistance and Development.
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A.P. Thirlwall is Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Kent, UK.Penélope Pacheco-López is Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Kent, UK.
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This classic, bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of development economics. The 10th edition of Tony Thirlwall’s book, now co-written with Penélope Pacheco-López, provides a clear, comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the theory of development economics and the experience of developing countries. Balancing a historic approach with current data and references, it provides a wide-ranging analysis of the subject. This all-inclusive methodology succeeds at representing different schools of thought with a balance of micro and macro topics.
An ideal textbook for undergraduate students of economics and other social sciences, it is also suitable for upper undergraduate and master's level modules on development economics as an option on a non-economics degree.
New to this Edition:
- A brand new chapter on human capital:education, nutrition, health, and therole of women in development
- New material on the Sustainable Development Goals, the measurementof poverty, and the multidimensional poverty index
- Discussion of randomized control trials
- The role of structural change in economic development
- New IMF lending facilities
Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/economics-of-development-10e. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.
