Apostles of development : six economists and the world they made /
"Apostles of Development offers an analytical history of international development through the lives and work of six of its most distinguished practitioners. These so-called "Apostles" were all born in the 1930s as subjects of Britain's South Asian empire; after education there t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Apostles of Development offers an analytical history of international development through the lives and work of six of its most distinguished practitioners. These so-called "Apostles" were all born in the 1930s as subjects of Britain's South Asian empire; after education there they all studied in the famed economics faculty of Cambridge University in the 1950s before beginning successful careers that traversed national policy, international institutions, and academic life. Their accolades included a Nobel Prize and a long-running Prime Ministership. Their careers spanned more than half a century and touched on the major moments in the history of international development, from the growth paradigm of the 1950s/1960s to the critique of growth and the rise of Basic Human Needs in the 1970s; the turn to Structural Adjustment in the 1980s; Human Development; and the rise of NGOs in the 1990s and beyond. Based on archival documents from ten countries as well as almost 100 interviews, the book shows how development was emerging from conditions in and the efforts of the Global South"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197766231 0197766234 9780197766224 0197766226 9780197766217 0197766218 |