Gebundenes Buch

Development Success: Historical Accounts from More Advanced Countries

Beschreibung

What lessons can be learnt from 'developed' countries that might be useful for developing and emerging economies? With an emphasis on long-term growth and development this volume provides historical accounts on developing lessons. It covers the Nordics, Japan, Ireland, and Switzerland, and three European transition countries.

Autor

Augustin K. Fosu is also Visiting Scholar at the University of Ghana-Legon and honorary Research Associate at Oxford University (CSAE) and the University of Manchester (BWPI). Previous positions include: Director (Economic and Social Policy Division) and Senior Policy Advisor /Chief Economist at the UN Economic Commission for Africa and Director of Research at the African Economic Research Consortium. He holds a PhD in economics from Northwestern University. Professor Fosu is co-editor of the Journal of African Economies (Oxford) and serves on the editorial boards of many other journals, including: African Development Review, Journal of Development Studies, Oxford Development Studies, World Bank Economic Review, and World Development.

Produktdetails

• Wider Studies in Development E
• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780199660704
• ISBN-10: 0199660700
• Artikelnr.: 35941372