Martin Andersson

Gebundenes Buch

Diverse Development Paths and Structural Transformation in the Escape from Poverty

Beschreibung

This book discusses possibilities for, and obstacles to, economic development in lower income countries in Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa. It examines how lower income countries might 'catch up' and advantages and disadvantages of the lateness of poor countries in the development process.

Autor

Martin Andersson is Associate Professor in Economic History at Lund University. He has worked as a consultant for the World Bank and has been a Marie Curie post-doc at EUI in Florence and a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley. His research interests include agricultural development and the relation between economic growth, poverty reduction, and distribution of income in the developing world. He is co-editor of Development and Structural Change in Asia-Pacific (Routledge, 2003). Tobias Axelsson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Economic History at Lund University. His research is on agricultural transformation processes and colonial origins of inequality. He has been a guest researcher at ISEAS in Singapore and a guest research fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden. Dr Axelsson is a co-founder of the Bachelor programme in development studies at Lund University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780198737407
• ISBN-10: 0198737408
• Artikelnr.: 47865638