Studies in Development Economics and Policy

Core Themes in Global Economics

By: George Mavrotas (Editor), Anthony Shorrocks (Editor)

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Leading scholars and policymakers reflect on current thinking in development economics and on what may happen during the next two decades. Covering the major themes in development in an accessible way, this original and authoritative contribution highlights new and emerging issues, and shows how research can improve our understanding of these important questions. As well as studying development economics in retrospect, the volume explores the current debates and challenges and looks forward at the problems that affect the global capacity to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

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List of Tables	p. ix
List of Boxes	p. xiii
List of Figures	p. xiv
Preface	p. xviii
Foreword	p. xxvi
Acknowledgements	p. xxix
Notes on the Contributors	p. xxx
List of Abbreviations	p. xxxiii
Legacy - Lal Jayawardena	p. xxxv
Development Economics in Retrospect
The Evolution of the Development Doctrine, 1950-2005	p. 3
Turning Points in Development Thinking and Practice	p. 37
From Seers to Sen: The Meaning of Economic Development	p. 50
Inequality in Historical Perspective	p. 63
Inequality and Conflict
Health Improvements and Health Inequality during the Last 40 Years	p. 77
Inequality and Corruption	p. 100
Indivisibility, Fairness, Farsightedness and their Implications for Security	p. 123
Violence in Peace: Understanding Increased Violence in Early Post-conflict Transitions and Its Implications for Development	p. 135
Human Development and Wellbeing
International Convergence or Higher Inequality in Human Development? Evidence for 1975-2002	p. 149
Investing in Health for Economic Development: The Case of Mexico	p. 168
A Wider Approach to Aid Effectiveness: Correlated Impacts on Health, Wealth, Fertility and Education	p. 183
Is Social Capital Part of the Institutions Continuum and is it a Deep Determinant of Development?	p. 197
Globalization
Stormy Days on an Open Field: Asymmetries in the Global Economy	p. 227
A Quest for Pro-poor Globalization	p. 252
International Migration in an Era of Globalization: Has it Come Out of its Marginality?	p. 273
Development Finance
International Risk Tolerance, Capital Market Failure and Capital Flows to Emerging Markets	p. 299
Prolonged Use and Conditionality Failure: Investigating IMF Responsibility	p. 319
International Finance and the Developing World: The Next 20 Years	p. 333
Growth and Poverty
Gender and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues and Evidence	p. 349
Decomposing Growth: Do Low-income and HIPCs Differ from High-income Countries?	p. 371
Evaluating Targeting Efficiency of Government Programmes:International Comparisons	p. 400
Innovations, High-tech Trade and Industrial Development: Theory, Evidence and Policy	p. 416
Manufacturing, Services and Premature Deindustrialization in Developing Countries: A Kaldorian Analysis	p. 435
Development Strategies
Why Have All Development Strategies Failed in Latin America?	p. 457
Development in Chile 1990-2005: Lessons from a Positive Experience	p. 476
Three Decades of Rural Development Projects in Asia, Latin America and Africa: Learning from Successes and Failures	p. 493
Development Strategy, Viability and Economic Institutions: The Case of China	p. 518
Institutions, Policies and Economic Development	p. 531
Patterns of Rent Extraction and Deployment in Developing Countries: Implications for Governance, Economic Policy and Performance	p. 555
Credit Co-operatives in Locally Financed Economic Development: Using Energy Efficiency as a Lever	p. 578
Development Economics in Prospect
Development through Globalization?	p. 593
Do We Need a 'New Great Transformation'? Is One Likely?	p. 614
Absorptive Capacity and Achieving the MDGs	p. 640
Applying Behavioural Economics to International Development Policy	p. 664
The Human Dimensions of the Global Development Process in the Early Part of the Twenty-first Century: Critical Trends and New Challenges	p. 686
Development Questions for 25 Years	p. 712
Index of Names	p. 723
Subject Index	p. 737
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