Essentials of Development Economics by Travis J. Lybbert and J. Edward Taylor (2015, Trade Paperback)

University of California Press

0520283171

9780520283176

204118537

2

Essentials of Development Economics

374 Pages

English

Developing & Emerging Countries, Development / Economic Development

2015

Yes

Social Science, Business & Economics

Travis J. Lybbert, J. Edward Taylor

Trade Paperback

0.1 in

20.8 Oz

0.9 in

0.6 in

2014-044821

23

Creative, innovative, and flexible alternative to traditional development economics books . . . interesting and informative.

338.9

1. What Development Economics Is All About 2. What Works and What Doesn't? 3. Income 4. Poverty 5. Inequality 6. Human Development 7. Growth 8. Institutions 9. Agriculture 10. Structural Transformation 11. Information and Markets 12. Credit and Insurance 13. International Trade and Globalization 14. Choose Your Own Epilogue Notes Index Online Student Supplements: Problem Sets and Data Study Questions QR Code URLs Chapter Resources: Weblinks and References Online Instructor Supplments: Instructor's PowerPoint(R) slides

Written to provide students with the critical tools used in today's development economics research and practice, Essentials of Development Economics represents an alternative approach to traditional textbooks on the subject. Compact and less expensive than other textbooks for undergraduate development economics courses, Essentials of Development Economics offers a broad overview of key topics and methods in the field. Its fourteen easy-to-read chapters introduce cutting-edge research and present best practices and state-of-the-art methods. Each chapter concludes with an embedded QR code that connects readers to ancillary audiovisual materials and supplemental readings on a website curated by the authors. By mastering the material in this book, students will have the conceptual grounding needed to move on to higher-level development economics courses.

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