Economic development: what everyone needs to know
There is much discussion about global poverty and the billions of people living with almost nothing. Why is it that governments, development banks, think-tanks, academics, NGOs and many others can't just fix the problem? Why is it that seemingly obvious reforms never happen? Why are prosperity and equity so elusive? Economic Development: What Everyone Needs to Know brings readers right into the trenches of economic development to show what practitioners are actually doing and explains the issu…
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- Full title :Economic development : what everyone needs to know / Marcelo M. Giugale.
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There is much discussion about global poverty and the billions of people living with almost nothing.
Why is it that governments, development banks, think-tanks, academics, NGOs and many others can't just fix the problem? Why is it that seemingly obvious reforms never happen? Why are prosperity and equity so elusive? Economic Development: What Everyone Needs to Know brings readers right into the trenches of economic development to show what practitioners are actually doing and explains the issues, dilemmas, options, frustrations and opportunities they face, day in and day out.
In straightforward language and a question-and-answer format, Marcelo M.
Giugale outlines the frontier of the development practice or, as he puts it, "...the point at which knowledge stops and ignorance begins." He takes readers from why it is so difficult to get governments to function, to the basic policies that economies need to work well, the powerful new tools for social assistance, and the challenges of inclusion, education, health, infrastructure, technology, data, and foreign aid.
The book draws examples from the world over, but pays particular attention to the region that represents development, and the need for it, better than any other: Africa.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:New York, NY
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2014.
The Physical Object
- Description:XIV, 154 p. ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199328130, 0199328137, 0199328145, 9780199328147
- oclc:ocn871206100
- Dewey Decimal:338.9
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