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The pursuit of development : economic growth, social change, and ideas
- Title
- The pursuit of development : economic growth, social change, and ideas / Ian Goldin.
- Author
- Goldin, Ian, 1955-
- Publication
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | HD59.6.D44 G65 2016g | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvii, 214 pages : illustrations; 18 cm
- Summary
- In his new book, Ian Goldin considers the contributions that education, health, gender, equity and other dimensions of human well-being make to development, and discusses why it is also necessary to take into account the role of institutions and the rule of law as well as sustainability and environmental concerns.
- Subject
- Economic development
- Sustainable development
- Development economics
- Economic development projects > Developing countries
- Poor > Developing countries
- Economic development projects
- Economic history
- Poor
- Wohlfahrt
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Gesundheit
- Bildung
- Infrastruktur
- Umwelt
- Developing countries > Economic conditions
- Developing countries
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-196) and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.What is Development? -- 2.How Does Development Happen? -- 3.Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor? -- 4.What Can Be Done to Accelerate Development? -- 5.The Evolution of Development Aid -- 6.Sustainable Development -- 7.Globalization and Development -- 8.The Future of Development.
- ISBN
- 9780198778035
- 0198778031
- LCCN
- (YBP)12641234
- OCLC
- ocn927445714
- 927445714
- SCSB-9693279
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries