Understanding economic development: a global transition from poverty to prosperity?
Drawing from economics, economic history, business and management, this book examines the inception of modern economic development. It also explores the concepts of economic theory, showing their limitations and highlighting alternative approaches.
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2009
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| Summary: | Drawing from economics, economic history, business and management, this book examines the inception of modern economic development. It also explores the concepts of economic theory, showing their limitations and highlighting alternative approaches. |
| Item Description: | Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| Physical Description: | IX, 401 S. |
| ISBN: | 9781847207814 1847207812 9780857933867 |
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Autor: White, Colin
Jahr: 2009
Contents
Preface vii
PART I INTRODUCTION: THEORY AND HISTORY
1 The role of theory and history in explaining modern
economic development 3
2 The conventional wisdom of the economist 23
3 The optimist s view: convergence 41
4 Introducing real time with a narrative 59
PART II ULTIMATE CAUSES: A FEXED OR
MALLEABLE CONTEXT
5 Resources as a stimulant or constraint: the role of geography 91
6 Geography and beyond: the importance of risk environments 113
7 Human capital: education, health and aptitude 135
8 The institutional setting: government, market and civil
society 156
PART III THE DRIVING FORCES
9 Innovation as a prime mover 185
10 Government provides the context: motivation and policies 213
PART IV DEVISING APPROPRIATE NARRATIVES
11 Release from the Malthusian trap 243
12 Continuity and discontinuity: the meaning of the Industrial
Revolution 266
13 The rise and fall of the Soviet Union: the failed experiment 294
PARTV CONCLUSIONS
14 Causes and complexity 325
vi Understanding economic development
Notes 341
Bibliography 362
Index 389
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