Leading Issues in Economic Development

by Meier, Gerald M.; Rauch, James E.

• ISBN13: 9780195115895
• ISBN10: 0195115899
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Now in its seventh edition, Leading Issues in Economic Development introduces a new co-author, James E. Rauch. Maintaining the unique structure that the book has established over the last 35 years, Rauch has revised and updated this seventh edition to strengthen the analytical and quantitative dimensions and to clarify contemporary and future problems of development policy. The co-authors integrate the most insightful materials in this wide-ranging field, offering students the opportunity to experience a variety of perspectives while helping them to keep sight of overarching themes. This edition adds two new chapters: "Income Distribution" and "Development and the Environment." It also now consolidates several chapters and increases the number of selections from leading professional journals. In this edition, both the selections and the authors' own overviews, notes, comments, and exhibits make greater use of empirical analysis as well as modern economic theory. In all, Leading Issues in Economic Development provides fresh and serious attention to the interplay between development experience, changing views of economists, and policy.

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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