Essentials of development economics /
Taylor, J. Edward.
Essentials of development economics / J. Edward Taylor and Travis J. Lybbert - Second edition - Oakland, California : University of California Press, c2015 - xvii, 422 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. What development economics is all about? -- 2. What works and what doesn't? -- 3. Income -- 4. Poverty -- 5. Inequality -- 6. Human development -- 7. Growth -- 8. Institutions -- 9. Agriculture -- 10. Structural transformation -- 11. Information and markets -- 12. Credit and insurance -- 13. International trade and globalization -- 14. Choose your own epilogue -- Notes
Written to provide students with the critical tools used in today’s development economics research and practice, Essentials of Development Economics represents an alternative approach to traditional textbooks on the subject. Compact and less expensive than other textbooks for undergraduate development economics courses, Essentials of Development Economics offers a broad overview of key topics and methods in the field. Its fourteen easy-to-read chapters introduce cutting-edge research and present best practices and state-of-the-art methods. Each chapter concludes with an embedded QR code that connects readers to ancillary audiovisual materials and supplemental readings on a website curated by the authors. By mastering the material in this book, students will have the conceptual grounding needed to move on to higher-level development economics courses.
9780520283176
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
HD 75 .T39 2015
Essentials of development economics / J. Edward Taylor and Travis J. Lybbert - Second edition - Oakland, California : University of California Press, c2015 - xvii, 422 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. What development economics is all about? -- 2. What works and what doesn't? -- 3. Income -- 4. Poverty -- 5. Inequality -- 6. Human development -- 7. Growth -- 8. Institutions -- 9. Agriculture -- 10. Structural transformation -- 11. Information and markets -- 12. Credit and insurance -- 13. International trade and globalization -- 14. Choose your own epilogue -- Notes
Written to provide students with the critical tools used in today’s development economics research and practice, Essentials of Development Economics represents an alternative approach to traditional textbooks on the subject. Compact and less expensive than other textbooks for undergraduate development economics courses, Essentials of Development Economics offers a broad overview of key topics and methods in the field. Its fourteen easy-to-read chapters introduce cutting-edge research and present best practices and state-of-the-art methods. Each chapter concludes with an embedded QR code that connects readers to ancillary audiovisual materials and supplemental readings on a website curated by the authors. By mastering the material in this book, students will have the conceptual grounding needed to move on to higher-level development economics courses.
9780520283176
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
HD 75 .T39 2015