Making Poor Nations Rich
Title | Making Poor Nations Rich PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Powell |
Publisher | Stanford Economics & Finance |
Total Pages | 488 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
Making Poor Nations Rich illustrates the importance of institutions that support economic freedom and private property rights for promoting the form of productive entrepreneurship that leads to sustained increases in countries' standard of living.
The Process of Economic Development
Title | The Process of Economic Development PDF eBook |
Author | James M. Cypher |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Total Pages | 574 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780415254151 |
This textbook includes discussions of such topics as the environment, the debt case, export-led industrialization, import substitution industrialization, growth theory and technological capability.
The Process of Economic Development
Title | The Process of Economic Development PDF eBook |
Author | James M. Cypher |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 633 |
Release | 2002-01-31 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1134836619 |
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Process of Economic Development
Title | The Process of Economic Development PDF eBook |
Author | James M. Cypher |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 636 |
Release | 2008-07-17 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1135984425 |
This third edition of a classic text continues to be an invaluable resource for all students and researchers in the fields of development economics and development studies. Reflecting recent developments, it includes new material on: national systems of innovation including the information technology boom in India, the ongoing impact of globalization and the continuing programmes of foreign aid across all developing countries.
The Process of Economic Development
Title | The Process of Economic Development PDF eBook |
Author | James M. Cypher |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 1135 |
Release | 2014-04-24 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1136168273 |
The fourth edition of The Process of Economic Development offers a thorough and up-to-date treatment of development economics. This landmark text will continue to be an invaluable resource for students, teachers and researchers in the fields of development economics and development studies. The new edition has been revised and updated throughout, reflecting the most recent developments in research and incorporating the latest empirical data, as well as key theoretical advances. The period since the publication of the third edition of The Process of Economic Development has been a time of immense change in the developing world. The period has seen huge economic growth in China, economic restructuring in India and the continuing impact of environmental issues such as climate change. The fourth edition reflects these developments, as well as including numerous case studies and new material on the following: transnational corporations and labor in export processing zones industrial policy and structural change gender inequality, income distribution and development progress towards the Millennium Development Goals technology and national innovation systems aid and the least developed nations the post debt crisis era and debt relief for Africa. Cypher’s comprehensive account remains the development economics text par excellence, as it takes a much more practical, hands-on view of the issues facing developing countries than other, overly mathematical texts. This book is unique in its scope and in the detailed attention it gives to the historical contexts that have influenced progress toward development. It is accessibly written both for students of economics and for those with an interest in the many aspects of development studies.
Theory of Economic Development
Title | Theory of Economic Development PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Schumpeter |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 357 |
Release | 2017-07-05 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1351472208 |
Schumpeter proclaims in this classical analysis of capitalist society first published in 1911 that economics is a natural self-regulating mechanism when undisturbed by "social and other meddlers." In his preface he argues that despite weaknesses, theories are based on logic and provide structure for understanding fact.Of those who argue against him, Schumpeter asks a fundamental question: "Is it really artificial to keep separate the phenomena incidental to running a firm and the phenomena incidental to creating a new one?" In his answers, Schumpeter offers guidance to Third World politicians no less than First World businesspeople.In his substantial new introduction, John E. Elliott discusses the salient ideas of The Theory of Economic Development against the historical background of three great periods of economic thought in the last two decades.
The Mechanism of Economic Development
Title | The Mechanism of Economic Development PDF eBook |
Author | Kenʼichi Inada |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 352 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
This book presents a model of economic development in what are generally termed as mono-cultural economies, applied largely to Japan, but also including empirical evidence from other countries. A major feature of the book is the theory which explains the mechanism of industrial development in an originally subsistence economy with a very limited capitalist sector. The theory explains a "take-off" in industrialization as well as the possibility of its failure within a consistent model, which takes into account the important role of food and labor supply, as well as the performance of the subsistence sector in this process. This book will interest anyone concerned or involved with the Japanese economic system.