Development economics : theory and practice /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Janvry, Alain
Other Authors: Sadoulet, Elisabeth, 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • What is development? : indicators and issues
  • State of development
  • History of thought in development economics
  • Impact evaluation of development policies and programs
  • Poverty and vulnerability assessment
  • Inequality and inequity
  • International trade and industrialization strategies
  • Explaining economic growth, the macro level
  • Endogenous economic growth
  • International finance and development
  • Population and development
  • Labor and migration
  • Financial services for the poor
  • Social assistance programs and targeting
  • Sustainable development and the environment
  • Common property resources and determinants of cooperation
  • Human capital: education and health
  • Agriculture for development
  • Development aid and its effectiveness
  • Institutional innovations and development
  • Political economy and the role of the state
  • The economics of farm households.