Development Economics: From the Poverty to the Wealth of Nations

This book provides a comprehensive, systematic treatise on development economics, combining classical political economy, modern institutional theory, and current development issues. It addresses one basic question: Why has a small set of countries achieved a high level of affluence while the majority remains poor and stagnant? This fully revised and updated third edition also incorporates analyses of several recent changes and newly emerged problems relevant to the global economy.


Author: Yujiro Hayami, Yoshihisa Godo
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/14/2005
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.29w x 0.97d
ISBN: 9780199272716

About the Author

Yujiro Hayami is Chairman of the Graduate Faculty at the Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development and Professor at the National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies, Tokyo. Yoshihisa Godo is Associate Professor of Economics at Meijigakuin University and Visiting Associate
Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo.

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