The Pioneers Of Development Economics

Author : Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Publisher : Zed Books
ISBN 13 : 9781842776452
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pioneers of Development Economics written by Jomo Kwame Sundaram and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the main influences on the development of modern development economics.

Author : Jomo K.S.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788189487164
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pioneers Of Development Economicsgreat Economists On Development written by Jomo K.S. and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of modern economic thought associated with the emergence of industrial capitalism over two centuries ago was preoccupied with the question of economic transformation or development. This volume surveys important contributions to the economics of development by various economists, including many not normally considered as pioneers of development economics.The two chapters following the Introduction point to the role of imperialist considerations in the early economic thought influencing the development discourse. Hugh Goodacre underscores the role of such considerations in William Petty s early colonial development policies, while Utsa Patnaik exposes the fundamental fallacy in David Ricardo s influential theory of comparative advantage in international trade. Next, Mehdi Shafaeddin examines Friedrich List s mid-nineteenth-century infant industry argument, built on the pioneering work of the American founding father , Alexander Hamilton. Prabhat Patnaik then highlights Karl Marx s major contributions to development economics. Utsa Patnaik assesses Vladimir Ilyich Lenin s careful treatment of the agrarian question in Russia, contrasting it with the neoclassical economic revival of Chayanov s populist analysis of peasantries. Renee Prendergast assesses Alfred Marshall s contributions to thinking on economic development, suggesting much greater nuance than normally attributed to the father of marginal economic analysis. Jayati Ghosh highlights the enduring significance of Michal Kalecki s political economic approach to the study of post-colonial economies. John Toye underscores the significance for development economics of several less well-known analytical contributions by John Maynard Keynes. Amiya Bagchi then suggests how Nicholas Kaldor advanced Keynesian insights to enhance understanding of economic development. Kari Polanyi Levitt highlights the developmental implications of Karl Polanyi s diverse contributions, as well as those of development economics pioneers Raúl Prebisch and Arthur Lewis. C.P. Chandrasekhar highlights Alexander Gerschenkron s novel insights for accelerating economic development from his study of economic history. Finally, Kunibert Raffer surveys Hans Singer s consistent advocacy of justice in economic development.Jomo K.S. was Professor in the Applied Economics Department, University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, and Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, before joining the United Nations.

Author : Gerald M. Meier
Publisher : New York : Published for the World Bank, Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195204797
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pioneers in Development written by Gerald M. Meier and published by New York : Published for the World Bank, Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is a rare treat to read the reminiscences of [this] group of development economists....We can be grateful to the World Bank for bringing these intellectual giants together to present their retrospective views..."--Choice The pioneers in development economics--Lord Bauer, Colin Clark, Albert O. Hirschman, Sir Arthur Lewis, Gunnar Myrdal Raul Prebisch, Paul N. Rosenstein-Rodan, W.W. Rostow, H.W. Singer, and Jan Tinbergen--offer a retrospective view of the formative decade after World War II when they made their seminal contributions to the subject. In individual papers, the pioneers recapture the intellectual excitement, expectations, and activism of that period and provide rare autobiographical detail and insight into why they said what they did and what they now think about the state of development thought and policy. Commentary is provided by economists of the succeeding generation, who reappraise their ideas with the benefit of hindsight. General overviews of the subject have been written by Gerald M. Meier and Paul Streeten.

Author : Gerald M. Meier
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780195215922
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frontiers of Development Economics written by Gerald M. Meier and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from 35 leading economists, this forward-looking book explores the future of development economics against the background of the past half-century of development thought and practice. Outstanding representatives of the past two generations of development economists assess development thinking at the turn of the century and look to the unsettled questions confronting the next generation.The volume offers a thorough analysis of the broad range of issues involved in development economics, and it is especially timely in its critique of what is needed in development theory and policy to reduce poverty. An overriding issue is whether in the future 'development economics' is to be regarded simply as applied economics or whether the nature and scope of development economics will constitute a need for a special development theory to supplement general economic theory.'Frontiers of Development Economics' is an ideal reference for all those working in the international development community.

Author : Theodore William Schultz
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pioneers in Development written by Theodore William Schultz and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two outstanding features in the evolution of development economics have been the resurgence of neo-classical analysis during the 1960s and 1970s and, as a derivative, the prescription of appropriate policies for development. The papers in this volume examine the changing contours of the subject of economic development over the past three decades, focusing on these two features and indicating how their results have been most impressive for the analysis of agricultural policy, trade policy, and project evaluation. Five pioneers in special fields related to the subject--agriculture, international trade, trade and development, project appraisals, and structuralism and dependency--review their own contributions and interpret the evolution of their fields during the 1960s and 1970s, with other prominent economists serving as commentators. Together, the papers provide considerable insight into how development thought has evolved in response to the development experience since the 1950s, and from that, how it might evolve in the future.

Author : Shahrukh Rafi Khan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317811577
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Development Economics Thought written by Shahrukh Rafi Khan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the history of economic development thought, with an emphasis on alternative approaches in macro development economics. Given that the pioneers of development economics in the 1940s and 1950s drew inspiration from classical political economists, this book opens with a review of key classical scholars who wrote about the progress of the wealth of nations. In reviewing the thinking of the pioneers and those that followed, both their theories of development and underdevelopment are discussed. Overall, the book charts the evolution of development economic thought from the early developmentalists and structuralists, through to the neo-Marxist approach and radical development theory, the neo-liberal counter revolution, and the debate between new developmentalists and neo-liberal scholars. It ends with an assessment of the state of the field today. This book will be of interest to all scholars and students interested in the evolution of development economics.

Author : Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Publisher : Zed Books
ISBN 13 : 9781842776476
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origins of Development Economics written by Jomo Kwame Sundaram and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the emergence of development economics as a distinct sub-discipline.

Author : Agnar Sandmo
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691148422
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economics Evolving written by Agnar Sandmo and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-17 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the history of economic thought, focusing on the development of economic theory from Adam Smith's 'Wealth of Nations' to the late twentieth century. The text concentrates on the most important figures in the history of the economics. The book examines how important economists have reflected on the sometimes conflicting goals of efficient resource use and socially acceptable income distribution.--[book cover].

Author : Rainer Kattel
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 9780857288912
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ragnar Nurkse (1907-2007) written by Rainer Kattel and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Ragnar Nurkse (1907-2007): Classical Development Economics and its Relevance for Today’ presents a selection of papers that casts new insight on Nurkse’s thought, and discusses his relevance for today, in light of the renewed interest in Nurkse amongst development economists. The volume also celebrates the 100th anniversary of this profoundly important thinker’s birth.

Author : Angus Maddison
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199227217
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contours of the World Economy 1-2030 AD written by Angus Maddison and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-20 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines qualitative histories with quantitative data.