Biography of a Subject: An Evolution of Development EconomicsOxford University Press, 2004年10月14日 - 264 頁 The study of economic development is one of the newest, most exciting, and most challenging branches of the broader discipline of economics and political economy. Although one could claim that Adam Smith was the first "development economist", the systematic study of the problems and processes of economic development in Africa, Asia, and Latin America has emerged only over the past five decades. This biography of the subject of economic development will focus on the essential ideas in the evolution of development thought and policy over the subject's half-century of life. In concise form and avoiding undue technicality, it highlights the influence of development theory on policymaking and on the mixed record of successes and failures in promoting development efforts. The interpretation of theory, policy, and the lessons of experience are covered in three periods: early development economics of the 1950s-60s; orthodox reaction of the 1970s-80s; and the new development economics of the 1980s-90s. Gerald Meier-one of the world's most prominent leading thinkers in the economics of development - interprets the past treatment of development problems with the present and future in mind. He re-interprets the past two generations of development economists in a contemporary voice. And in a forward-looking fashion, the book's perspectives should make the next generation of development problems-and development economists-more intelligible. The reader is invited to consider whether development economists really know how to put matters right. |
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第 7 頁
... analysis of the “wealth of nations.” Now in Latin America, and in the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, policy makers must still overcome the pessimism that envelops the poverty Thinking About Development 7.
... analysis of the “wealth of nations.” Now in Latin America, and in the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, policy makers must still overcome the pessimism that envelops the poverty Thinking About Development 7.
第 9 頁
... analysis, and policy action can shape the course of development. This book's auditing of development thought and experience thus becomes an inquiry into the possibility of change—through vision in ideas and persuasion in policy guidance ...
... analysis, and policy action can shape the course of development. This book's auditing of development thought and experience thus becomes an inquiry into the possibility of change—through vision in ideas and persuasion in policy guidance ...
第 11 頁
... analysis of development problems. In its narrow sense, neoclassical economics is primarily devoted to static market conditions of economic efficiency, and an equilibrium is a Pareto equilibrium. Problems of development, however, are ...
... analysis of development problems. In its narrow sense, neoclassical economics is primarily devoted to static market conditions of economic efficiency, and an equilibrium is a Pareto equilibrium. Problems of development, however, are ...
第 14 頁
... analysis by an Adam Smith can still be relied on by a presentday Amartya Sen. As the subject evolves, its continuity and differentiation are both important. We therefore begin the next chapter with a review of the heritage of classical ...
... analysis by an Adam Smith can still be relied on by a presentday Amartya Sen. As the subject evolves, its continuity and differentiation are both important. We therefore begin the next chapter with a review of the heritage of classical ...
第 16 頁
... analysis cannot be fully appreciated except by considering it against its proper background of the man-against-nature conception of the central economic problem. . . . It now becomes clear that the principal welfare objective of ...
... analysis cannot be fully appreciated except by considering it against its proper background of the man-against-nature conception of the central economic problem. . . . It now becomes clear that the principal welfare objective of ...
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3 Early Development Institutions | 41 |
Analytics | 53 |
Historical Perspectives | 68 |
6 Orthodox Reaction | 81 |
7 Modern Growth Theory | 95 |
8 The New Development Economics | 118 |
10 The Impact of Globalization | 144 |
11 Global Trade Issues | 161 |
12 An Unfinished Biography | 180 |
Appendix A The Evolution of Development Thought | 191 |
Appendix B The Contours of World Development | 202 |
Notes | 207 |
References | 217 |
Index | 241 |
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