The pursuit of development : economic growth, social change, and ideas /
Ian Goldin.
- First edition.
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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. 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.
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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Economic development projects--Developing countries. Poor--Developing countries.