Leading Issues in Economic Development

by Meier, Gerald M.

• ISBN13: 9780195055726
• ISBN10: 0195055721
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-04-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Completely revised and updated, the latest edition of Leading Issues in Economic Development presents a more concise view of development economics, without sacrificing the variety of viewpoints and perspectives that have made previous editions so popular. With a broad range of theoretical, applied, and policy materials, the new edition incorporates many new topics, including the heterogeneity of developing countries and their differing rates of performance, the neoclassical resurgence, organizational dualism, imperfect information and incomplete markets, financial reform, liberalization programs, external debt and country risk analysis, the new export pessimism, microeconomics of the rural sector, food policy, and the new political economy. Most of the selections are new, new notes have been added and former notes revised, new comments are introduced to illuminate special topics, and new exhibits offer empirical illustrations. Finally, throughout the Fifth Edition there is a concentration on fundamental analytical principles and empirical relationships.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Measuring Development

Economic Performance of Less Developed Countries

The Discipline of Development Economics

Historical Perspective

Savings and Investment

International Trade and Technology Transfer

Trade

Foreign Contact and Technology Transfer

Human Resources

Education

Population

Health and Nutrition

Gender and Development

Migration and the Urban Informal Sector

Agriculture

The Importance of Agriculture for Economic Development

Designing an Agricultural Strategy

Microeconomics of the Rural Sector

Agricultural Pricing Policy and Urban Bias

Income Distribution

The Impact of Development on Income Distribution

The Impact of Income Distribution on Development

Case Studies

Political Economy

The (Proper) Role of the State in Less Developed Countries

Rent Seeking and Government Failure

State Capacity

Development and the Environment

How to Read a Regression Table

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