Essentials of development economics

Written to provide students with the critical tools and approaches used by development economists, 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. By mastering the material in this time-tested book, students will have the conceptual grounding needed to move on to more advanced development economics courses. This new edition includes: updated references to international development policy process and goals substantial updates to several chapters with new and revised material to make the text both current and policy relevant replacement of several special features with new ones featuring widely cited studies.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Sidebars -- List of Figures and Tables -- 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. Finance -- 13. International Trade and Globalization -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index

What development economics is all about -- What works and what doesn't? -- Income -- Poverty -- Inequality -- Human development -- Growth -- Institutions -- Agriculture -- Structural transformation -- Information and markets -- Finance -- International trade and globalization -- Epilogue.

Cover; Contents; List of Sidebars; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Sidebars -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- 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

What development economics is all about -- What works and what doesn't? -- Income -- Poverty -- Inequality -- Human development -- Growth -- Institutions -- Agriculture -- Structural transformation -- Information and markets -- Credit and insurance -- International trade and globalization -- Choose your own epilogue -- Notes.

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 c