The Dynamics of Socio-Economic Development : An Introduction
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Advance praise: '... a scholarly and comprehensive treatment of development economics that is accessible to a wide range of social science and development studies students. Its treatment of health issues, education policy, and rural development, along with its comprehensive data tables, are unsurpassed in the development economics field.' Kenneth A. Reinert, Associate Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University
'This monumental study is historically grounded, balanced, nuanced, rigorous, eclectic, and reader-friendly. All serious scholars and practitioners of economic development will want to have a copy on their shelves. The volume is ideally suited as a text for a development economics course.' Hal Hill, H. W. Arndt Professor of Southeast Asian Economics, Australian National University
'This textbook ... succeeds in achieving this aim in a comprehensive and masterly fashion. ... The book is written in a lucid non-technical style and is attractively laid out. Szirmai's text is the best that I have read on this subject and should be extensively used as a core text on development courses in all universities.' Times Higher Education Supplement
Book Description
Why are poor countries poor and rich countries rich? How are wealth and poverty related to changes in nutrition, health, life expectancy, education, population growth and politics? This modern, non-technical introduction to development economics takes a quantitative and comparative approach to contemporary debates, examining historical, institutional, demographic, sociological, political, cultural and ecological factors. Chapters contain comparative statistics from twenty-nine developing countries and assume no prior knowledge of economics.
The Dynamics of Socio-Economic Development : An Introduction
The Dynamics of Socio-Economic Development : An Introduction,Adam Szirmai,Cambridge University Press,0521520843,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Development - Economic Development,Economic development,Social change,Business & Economics / Economic Development,Development economics
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