Development Economics - Hardcover

Ray, Debraj

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691017069 ISBN 13: 9780691017068

Verlag: Princeton University Press, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

If you are instructor in a course that uses Development Economics and wish to have access to the end-of-chapter problems in Development Economics, please e-mail the author at debraj.ray@nyu.edu. For more information, please go to http://www.econ.nyu.edu/user/debraj. If you are a student in the course, please do not contact the author., Please request your instructor to do so. The study of development in low-income countries is attracting more attention around the world than ever before. Yet until now there has been no comprehensive text that incorporates the huge strides made in the subject over the past decade., Development Economics does precisely that in a clear, rigorous, and elegant fashion. Debraj Ray, one of the most accomplished theorists in development economics today, presents in this book a synthesis of recent and older literature in the field and raises important questions that will help to set the agenda for future research. He covers such vital subjects as theories of economic growth, economic inequality, poverty and undernutrition, population growth, trade policy, and the markets for land, labor, and credit., A common point of view underlies the treatment of these subjects: that much of the development process can be understood by studying factors that impede the efficient and equitable functioning of markets. Diverse topics such as the new growth theory, moral hazard in land contracts, information-based theories of credit markets, and the macroeconomic implications of economic inequality come under this common methodological umbrella. The book takes the position that there is no single cause for economic progress, but that a combination of factors--among them the improvement of physical and human capital, the reduction of inequality, and institutions that enable the background flow of information essential to market performance--consistently favor development., Ray supports his arguments throughout with examples from around the world. The book a

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"An elegant, insightful, and extremely effective textbook on development economics. It combines astute theoretical reasoning with a firm grip on empirical circumstances, including institutional possibilities and limitations. There is real originality here without sacrificing usefulness and accessibility."-Amartya Sen, Winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics, Harvard University

Biografía del autor

Debraj Ray is professor of economics at New York University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0691017069
• ISBN 13: 9780691017068
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 872