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050			_aHD 75 .T39 2015
100			_aTaylor, J. Edward. _eauthor
245		0	_aEssentials of development economics / _cJ. Edward Taylor and Travis J. Lybbert
250			_aSecond edition
260			_aOakland, California : _bUniversity of California Press, _cc2015
300			_axvii, 422 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
365			_bUSD36.99
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a1. 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
520			_aWritten 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.
650			_aDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
700			_aLybbert, Travis J. _ejoint author
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