Studies In Economic Development
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Author | : the late Alice H. Amsden |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2012-09-27 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0191634077 |
Elites have a disproportionate impact on development outcomes. While a country's endowments constitute the deep determinates of growth, the trajectory they follow is shaped by the actions of elites. But what factors affect whether elites use their influence for individual gain or national welfare? To what extent do they see poverty as a problem? And are their actions today constrained by institutions and norms established in the past? This volume looks at case studies from South Africa to China to seek a better understanding of the dynamics behind how elites decide to engage with economic development. Approaches include economic modelling, social surveys, theoretical analysis, and program evaluation. These different methods explore the relationship between elites and development outcomes from five angles: the participation and reaction of elites to institutional creation and change, how economic changes affect elite formation and circulation, elite perceptions of national welfare, the extent to which state capacity is part of elite self-identity, and how elites interact with non-elites.
Author | : Wim Naudé |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2010-12-08 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0230295150 |
Leading international scholars provide a timely reconsideration of how and why entrepreneurship matters for economic development, particularly in emerging and developing economies. The book critically dissects the evolving relationship between entrepreneurs and the state.
Author | : Robert William Davies |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1998-03-28 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780521627429 |
This book provides a comprehensive survey of Soviet economic development from 1917 to 1965 in the context of the pre-revolutionary economy. In these years the Soviet Union negotiated the first stages of modern industrialisation and then, after the defeat of Nazi Germany and its allies, emerged as one of the two world superpowers. This was also the first attempt to construct a planned socialist order. These developments resulted in great economic achievements at great human cost. Using the results of recent Russian and Western research, Professor Davies discusses the inherent faults and strengths of the system, and pays particular attention to the major controversies. Was the Russian Revolution doomed to failure from the outset? Could the mixed economy of the 1920s have led to a democratic socialist economy? What was the influence of Soviet economic development on the rest of the world?
Author | : Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 916 |
Release | : 2016-11-09 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 3319463195 |
This volume brings together selected papers from the 17th EBES Conference, organized in Venice in winter 2015. The theoretical and empirical papers present the latest research in diverse areas of business, economics, and finance from many different regions. They chiefly focus on the interactions between economic development, entrepreneurship and financial institutions, especially putting the spotlight on cross-country evidence. Topics range from women’s entrepreneurship and economic regulation, to sustainability and climate change. This book provides researchers, professionals, and students a great opportunity to catch up on the latest studies in different fields and empirical findings on many countries and regions.
Author | : Adam Szirmai |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 795 |
Release | : 2015-06-18 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1107045959 |
Taking a comparative and multidisciplinary approach, this textbook offers a non-technical introduction to the dynamics of socio-economic development and stagnation.
Author | : Stanley L. Engerman |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 449 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1107009553 |
Examines differences in the rates of economic growth in Latin America and mainland North America since the seventeenth century.
Author | : Eric A. Hanushek |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2023-08-15 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 026254895X |
A rigorous, pathbreaking analysis demonstrating that a country's prosperity is directly related in the long run to the skills of its population. In this book Eric Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann make a simple, central claim, developed with rigorous theoretical and empirical support: knowledge is the key to a country's development. Of course, every country acknowledges the importance of developing human capital, but Hanushek and Woessmann argue that message has become distorted, with politicians and researchers concentrating not on valued skills but on proxies for them. The common focus is on school attainment, although time in school provides a very misleading picture of how skills enter into development. Hanushek and Woessmann contend that the cognitive skills of the population—which they term the “knowledge capital” of a nation—are essential to long-run prosperity. Hanushek and Woessmann subject their hypotheses about the relationship between cognitive skills (as consistently measured by international student assessments) and economic growth to a series of tests, including alternate specifications, different subsets of countries, and econometric analysis of causal interpretations. They find that their main results are remarkably robust, and equally applicable to developing and developed countries. They demonstrate, for example, that the “Latin American growth puzzle” and the “East Asian miracle” can be explained by these regions' knowledge capital. Turning to the policy implications of their argument, they call for an education system that develops effective accountability, promotes choice and competition, and provides direct rewards for good performance.
Author | : Adam Szirmai |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 760 |
Release | : 2005-01-20 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1107717566 |
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 2005 introduction to development studies explores the dynamics of socio-economic development and stagnation in developing countries. Taking a quantitative and comparative approach to contemporary debates within their broader context, Szirmai examines historical, institutional, demographic, sociological, political and cultural factors. Key chapters focus on economic growth, technological change, industrialisation, agricultural development, and consider social dimensions such as population growth, health and education. Each chapter contains comparative statistics on trends from a sample of twenty-nine developing countries. This rich statistical database allows students to strengthen their understanding of comparative development experiences. Assuming no prior knowledge of economics the book is suited for use in inter-disciplinary development studies programmes as well as economics courses, and will also interest practitioners pursuing careers in developing countries.
Author | : James M. Cypher |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 574 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780415254168 |
This textbook includes discussions of such topics as the environment, the debt case, export-led industrialization, import substitution industrialization, growth theory and technological capability.
Author | : Karl F Seidman |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780761927099 |
"Economic Development Finance provides a foundation for students and professionals in the technical aspects of business and real estate finance and surveys the full range of policies, program models, and financing tools used in economic development practice within the United States."--Jacket.