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The pursuit of development : economic growth, social change, and ideas / Ian Goldin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, (c)2016.Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191083853
  • 9780198778035
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HD75 .P877 2016
  • HD59
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Contents:
2. How Does Development Happen? -- 3. Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor? -- 4. What Can Be Done to Accelerate Development? -- 5. The Evolution of Development Aid -- 6. Sustainable Development -- 7. Globalization and Development -- 8. The Future of Development.
Subject: In this book Ian Goldin shows how the understanding of how nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has changed as the pendulum has swung from arguments for state-led development to a preoccupation with market forces.
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Cover; The Pursuit of Development: Economic Growth, Social Change, and Ideas; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: What is Development?; The Meaning of 'Development'; Why are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor?; Beyond Growth; People-Centred Development; Development Indicators; New Concepts of Development; 2: How Does Development Happen?; Notions of Modernization; Planning for Economic Development; Dependency Theory; Neo-Classical Market-Led Development; The State and Market; 3: Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor?

Uneven DevelopmentPoverty and Inequality; Explaining Different Development Outcomes; 4: What Can Be Done to Accelerate Development?; Literacy, Education, and Health; Gender and Development; Agriculture and Food; Infrastructure; Legal Framework and Equity; Conflict, Peace, and Stability; 5: The Evolution of Development Aid; Changing Aid; Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals; Development Finance Institutions; Debt Crisis and Response; International Public Goods; Building Resilience; The Future of Aid; Evaluation; 6: Sustainable Development; Limits to Growth?

7: Globalization and DevelopmentFinance and Development; Trade and Development; Technology and Development; International Regulation and Cooperation; International Migration and Development; Refugees and Development; 8: The Future of Development; Our Common Future; Ideas for Development; Make Poverty History; Sources for Figures and Boxes; FIGURES; BOXES; References; CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT?; CHAPTER 2: HOW DOES DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN?; CHAPTER 3: WHY ARE SOME COUNTRIES RICH AND OTHERS POOR?; CHAPTER 4: WHAT CAN BE DONE TO ACCELERATE DEVELOPMENT?

CHAPTER 5: THE EVOLUTION OF DEVELOPMENT AIDCHAPTER 6: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER 7: GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER 8: THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT; Further Reading; CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT?; CHAPTER 2: HOW DOES DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN?; CHAPTER 3: WHY ARE SOME COUNTRIES RICH AND OTHERS POOR?; CHAPTER 4: WHAT CAN BE DONE TO ACCELERATE DEVELOPMENT?; CHAPTER 5: THE EVOLUTION OF DEVELOPMENT AID; CHAPTER 6: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER 7: GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER 8: THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT; Index.

In this book Ian Goldin shows how the understanding of how nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has changed as the pendulum has swung from arguments for state-led development to a preoccupation with market forces.

Includes bibliographies and index.

1. What is Development? -- 2. How Does Development Happen? -- 3. Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor? -- 4. What Can Be Done to Accelerate Development? -- 5. The Evolution of Development Aid -- 6. Sustainable Development -- 7. Globalization and Development -- 8. The Future of Development.

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