Advancing development Core themes in global economics. - Ebook. - Originally published in: 2007 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)
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Preface-- G.Mavrotas & A.Shorrocks Foreword Obituary: Lal Jayawardena-- A.Singh PART 1: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS IN RETROSPECT The Evolution of the Development Doctrine, 1950-2005-- E.Thorbecke Turning Points in Development Thinking and Practice-- L.Emmerij From Sees to Sen: The Meaning of Economic Development-- W.Nafziger Inequality in Historical Perspective-- R.Jolly PART 2: INEQUALITY AND CONFLICT Health Improvements and Health Inequality During the Last 40 Years-- G.A.Cornia & L.Menchini Inequality and Corruption-- E.Uslaner Indivisibility, Fairness, Farsightedness and their Implications for Security-- S.M. Murshed Violence in Peace: Understanding Increased Violence in Early Post-conflict Transitions and its Implications for Development-- M.B. Hartwell PART 3: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING International Convergence or Higher Inequality in Human Development? Evidence for 1975 to 2002-- F.Noorbakhsh Investing in Health for Economic Development: The Case of Mexico--
- N.Lustig A Wider Approach to Aid Effectiveness: Correlated Impacts on Health, Wealth, Fertility and Education-- D.Fielding, M.McGillivray & S.Torres Is Social Capital Part of the Institutions Continuum and is it a Deep Determinant of Development? S.Knowles PART 4: GLOBALISATION Stormy Days on an Open Field: Asymmetries in the Global Economy-- N.Birdsall A Quest for Pro-poor Globalisation-- M.Nissanke & E.Thorbecke International Migration in an Era of Globalisation-- A.de Haan PART 5: DEVELOPMENT FINANCE International Risk Tolerance, Capital Market Failure and Capital Flows to Emerging Markets-- V.Fitzgerald Prolonged Use and Conditionality Failure: Investigating the IMF Responsibility-- S.Marchesi & L.Sabani International Finance and the Developing World: The Next Twenty Years-- T.Addison PART 6: GROWTH AND POVERTY Gender and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues and Evidence--
- M.Blackden, S.Canagarajah, S.Klasen & D.Lawson Decomposing Growth: Do Low-income and HIPC Countries Differ from High-income Countries? P.Haaparanta & H.Virta Evaluating Targeting Efficiency of Government Programmes: International Comparisons-- N.Kakwani & H. Son Innovations, High-tech Trade and Industrial Development: Theory, Evidence and Policy-- L.Singh Manufacturing, Services and Premature De-industrialization in Developing Countries-- S.Dasgupta & A.Singh PART 7: DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES Why Have All Development Strategies Failed in Latin America? G.Rozenwurcel Development in Chile 1990-2005: Lessons From a Positive Experience-- A.Garcia Hurtado Three Decades of Rural Development Projects in Asia, Latin America and Africa: Learning From Successes and Failures-- A.Zoomers Development Strategy, Viability and Economic Institutions: The Case of China-- J.Y.Lin, M.Liu, S.Pan & P.Zhang Institutions, Policies and Economic Development--
- G.W. Kolodko Patterns of Rent-extraction and Deployment in Developing Countries: Implications for Governance, Economic Policy and Performance-- R.M. Auty Credit Co-operatives in Locally-financed Economic Development: Using Energy Efficiency as Lever-- R.McIntyre PART 8: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS IN PROSPECT Development Through Globalisation? D.Nayyar Do we Need a New 'Great Transformation'? Is One Likely?-- F. Stewart Building Absorptive Capacity to Meet the Millennium Development Goals-- F.Bourguignon & M.Sundberg Applying Behavioural Economics to International Development Policy-- C.L. Anderson & K.Stamoulis The Human Dimensions of the Global Development Process in the Early Part of the 21st Century: Critical Trends and New Challenges-- M.Simai Development Questions for 25 Years-- L.Taylor