Adam Szirmai

Socio-Economic Development (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Why are poor countries poor and rich countries rich? How are wealth and poverty related to changes in health, life expectancy, education, population growth and politics? This non-technical introduction to development studies explores the dynamics of socio-economic development and stagnation in developing countries. Thoroughly updated and revised, this second edition includes new material on the effects of the 2008 financial crisis, the emergence of the BRICS economies, the role of institutions in development and the accelerated growth of economies in Africa and Asia. Taking a comparative approach, Szirmai places contemporary debates within their broader contexts and combines insights and theories from economics, economic history, political science, anthropology and sociology. Each chapter includes comparative statistics and time series for thirty-one developing countries. Assuming no prior knowledge of economics, this book is well-suited for students in interdisciplinary development studies and development economics, for policy-makers and for practitioners pursuing careers in developing countries. Visit www.dynamicsofdevelopment.com for additional resources.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316234518
• Artikelnr.: 52831245

Autorenporträt

Adam Szirmai is Professorial Fellow at the United Nations University Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) and Professor of Development Economics at Maastricht University. His research focuses on the determinants of long-run growth, catch up and stagnation in the developing world, with particular emphasis on the role of the manufacturing sector. A second focus of his research concerns the relationships between innovation, technological change and economic growth.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of acronyms and abbreviations
1. Developing countries and the concept of development
2. Development of the international economic order, 1450-2015
3. Growth and stagnation: theories and experiences
4. Technology and development
5. Population and development
6. Health, healthcare and development
7. Education and development
8. Economic development, structural change and industrialisation
9. Industrial development
10. Agricultural development and rural development
11. State formation and political aspects of development
12. Cultural and institutional dimensions of development
13. The international economic and political order since 1945
14. Foreign aid and development
References
Author index
Subject index.