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Leading issues in economic development

MEIER, Gerald M.

Leading issues in economic development Gerald M. Meier. - 3d ed. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1976. - xv, 862 p.

First ed. published in 1964 under title: Leading issues in development economics.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Completely revised and updated, the latest edition of Leading Issues in Economic Development focuses more concisely on the fundametal analytical principles and empirical relationships of development economics, without sacrificing the variety of viewpoints and perspectives that have made previous editions so popular. Incorporating a broad range of theoretical, applied, and policy materials, this edition features many new topics, including the heterogeneity of developing countries and their differing rates of performance, the neoclassical resurgence, organizational dualism, imperfect information and incomplete markets, financial reform, liberalization programs, external debt and country risk analysis, the new export pessimism, microeconomics of the rural sector, food policy, and the new political economy.

019502043X 9780195020434


Economic development.
Développement économique.
Economic development.
Ontwikkelingseconomie.