Research Catalog

Title

Frontiers of development economics : the future in perspective / Gerald M. Meier, Joseph E. Stiglitz, editors.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : World Bank ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2001.

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Additional Authors

• Meier, Gerald M.
• Stiglitz, Joseph E.

Description

x, 575 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Development economics

Note

• Revised papers and commentary from the symposium, "The Future of Development Economics," held in Dubrovnik in May 1999 and sponsored by the University of Zagreb and the World Bank.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The old generation of development economists and the new / Gerald M. Meier -- On the goals of development / Kaushik Basu -- Fallacies in development theory and their implications for policy / Irma Adelman -- Revisiting the challenge of development / Vinod Thomas -- The evolution of thinking about poverty: exploring the interactions / Ravi Kanbur and Lyn Squire -- Development issues: settled and open / Shahid Yusuf and Joseph E. Stiglitz -- Distributive conflicts, collective action, and institutional economics / Pranab Bardhan -- Historical perspectives on development / Nicholas Crafts -- In quest of the political: the political economy of development policymaking / Merilee S. Grindle -- Modern economic theory and development / Karla Hoff and Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Call Number

JBE 01-1013

ISBN

0195215923 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

00020985

OCLC

43318319

Title

Frontiers of development economics : the future in perspective / Gerald M. Meier, Joseph E. Stiglitz, editors.

Imprint

Washington, D.C. : World Bank ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2001.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Meier, Gerald M.

Stiglitz, Joseph E.

Research Call Number

JBE 01-1013