The Palgrave Handbook of Development Economics

The Palgrave Handbook of Development Economics
Author: Machiko Nissanke
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 918
Release: 2019-08-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030140008

This Handbook responds to the needs and aspirations of current and future generations of development economists by providing critical reference material alongside or in relation to mainstream propositions. Despite the potential of globalisation in accelerating growth and development in low and middle-income countries through the spread of technology, knowledge and information, its current practice in many parts of the world has led to processes that are socially, economically and politically and ecologically unsustainable. It is critical for development economists to engage with the pivotal question of how to change the nature and course of globalisation to make it work for inclusive and sustainable development. Applying a critical and pluralistic approach, the chapters in this Handbook examine economics of development paths under globalisation, focusing on sustainable development in social, environmental, institutional and political economy dimensions. It aims at advancing the frontier of development economics in these key aspects and generating more refined policy perspectives. It is critically reflective in examining effects of globalisation on development paths to date, and in terms of methodological and analytical approaches, as well as forward-thinking in policy perspectives with a view to laying a foundation for sustainable development.

Structural Change and Economic Growth

Structural Change and Economic Growth
Author: Luigi L. Pasinetti
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1981-04-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521236072

This book presents an original theoretical treatment of the problems of maintaining full employment in a multisector economic system

New Perspectives on Structural Change

New Perspectives on Structural Change
Author: Ludovico Alcorta
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 743
Release: 2021
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0198850115

Here is a comprehensive edited volume that outlines the historical roots and state-of-the-art debates on the role of structural change in the process of economic development, including both orthodox and heterodox perspectives and contributions from prominent scholars in this field.

Growth and Structural Transformation

Growth and Structural Transformation
Author: Kwang Suk Kim
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2020-03-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1684172195

This study provides a comprehensive overview of Korea’s macroeconomic growth and structural change since World War II, and traces some of the roots of development to the colonial period. The authors explore in detail colonial development, changing national income patterns, relative price shifts, sources of aggregate growth, and sources of sectoral structural change, comparing them with other countries.

New Structural Economics

New Structural Economics
Author: Justin Yifu Lin
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821389572

This book provides an innovative framework to analyze the process of industrial upgrading and diversification, a key feature of economic development. Based on this framework, it provides concrete advice to development practitioners and policy makers on how to unleash a country's growth potential.

Structure and Change in Economic History

Structure and Change in Economic History
Author: Douglass Cecil North
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1981
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780393952414

In this bold, sweeping study of the development of Western economies, Douglass C. North sets forth a new view of societal change.

The Future of the World Economy

The Future of the World Economy
Author: Wilhelm Krelle
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 680
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3662025868

Economic growth and structural change - the future of the world economy - is analysed in this book. Conditional forecasts are given for the economic development of the most important world market countries till the year 2000. The driving forces of economic growth are identified and forecasted, in connection with collaborating scholars in most of these countries and with international organizations. This information is used in solving a coherent world model. The model consists of linked growth models for each country (or groups of countries). The solutions show that the inequality in international income distribution will further increase and that the CMEA and OECD countries will approximately keep their relative positions, with some changes within these groups. Structural change is also analysed. Additionally separate forecasts prepared by each collaborating country group are given and may be compared with the forecasts by the world model. The book closes with chapters on special features of the future economic development: on the international debt problem, on long waves, on structural change in the world trade, on the emergence of service economics and on the comparison of GDP and NMP national accounting.

The Economics of Structural Change in Knowledge

The Economics of Structural Change in Knowledge
Author: Francesco Quatraro
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2012-03-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136338098

This book offers a theoretically novel way of approaching the knowledge economy, combining analysis of the works of Schumpeter and Kuznets and suggesting fresh conclusions. Francesco Quataro is an up and coming young scholar whose research with Cristiano Antonelli has been widely published in journals.

Structural Transformation and Economic Development

Structural Transformation and Economic Development
Author: Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317199596

This book examines long-term structural changes and the broad impact on economic development in regional comparative perspectives. The book analyzes data across Africa, Asia and Latin America. It looks at key variables of productivity growth, industrialization, poverty, urbanization, and employment. This book is concerned with understanding structural change dynamics and how it affects job creation, living standards, and the efficiency of productive cities through manufacturing productivity growth that benefits majority of citizens. With empirical evidence from a selected number of developing countries including China, India, Brazil, Nigeria and South Africa, the book attempts to present the considerable structural changes of these countries over the last few decades. It highlights that growth without the expected job creation is one of the distinct features of growth in emerging and developing countries. It suggests that countries may well record economic growth, whether through within sector productivity increase or through structural change, but this may not necessarily lead to employment, an important concern for long-term development.