Development Economics: Theory and practice

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Routledge, Dec 22, 2015 - Business & Economics - 858 pages

Development Economics: Theory and Practice provides students and practitioners with the perspectives and the tools they need to think analytically and critically about the current major economic development issues in the world.

Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet identify seven key dimensions of development; growth, poverty, vulnerability, inequality, basic needs, sustainability, and quality of life, and use them to structure the contents of the text. This book gives a historical perspective on the evolution of thought in development. It uses theory and empirical analysis to present readers with a full picture of how development works, how its successes and failures can be assessed, and how alternatives can be introduced. The authors demonstrate how diagnostics, design of programs and policies, and impact evaluation can be used to seek new solutions to the suffering and violence caused by development failures. This text is fully engaged with the most cutting edge research in the field, and equips readers with analytical tools for the impact evaluation of development programs and policies, illustrated with numerous examples. It is underpinned throughout by a wealth of student-friendly features including case studies, quantitative problem sets, end-of-chapter questions, and extensive references.

This unique text aims at helping readers learn about development, think analytically about achievements and alternative options, and be prepared to compete on the development job market.

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Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
1 WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT? INDICATORS AND ISSUES
30
2 THE STATE OF DEVELOPMENT
79
3 HISTORY OF THOUGHT IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
113
4 IMPACT EVALUATION OF DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
147
5 POVERTY AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS
201
6 INEQUALITY AND INEQUITY
248
7 INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRIALIZATION STRATEGIES
284
13 FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR THE POOR
463
14 SOCIALASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND TARGETING
501
15 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT
538
16 COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES AND DETERMINANTS OF COOPERATION
566
EDUCATION AND HEALTH
593
18 AGRICULTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT
634
19 DEVELOPMENT AID AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS
675
20 INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT
710

THE MACRO LEVEL
326
9 ENDOGENOUS ECONOMIC GROWTH
359
10 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT
379
11 POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
403
12 LABOR AND MIGRATION
432
21 POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE ROLE OF THE STATE
737
22 THE ECONOMICS OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS
776
Index
813
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Alain de Janvry is Professor at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Elisabeth Sadoulet is Professor and Research Economist at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

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