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1 online resource (xiv, 154 pages). |
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polychrome |
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What everyone needs to know
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What everyone needs to know.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-145) and index. |
| Summary |
"The practice of economic development has undergone significant transformation over the past decade, due to globalization and democratization. While beneficiaries previously held little sway in the way international economic institutions delegated funds for projects, today it would be difficult-if not impossible-for the average government or for the average multilateral organization to build a road, reform an education curriculum, or sign a mining concession without, at a minimum, a process of consultation with those affected. This change has created a greater demand for development knowledge. Economic Development: What Everyone Needs to Know provides a clear and concise introduction to the development problems that policy-makers, professionals, development agencies, NGOs, charities, and private citizens face. Beginning with the basic concepts that inform the practice of development, this wide-ranging book addresses the major challenges that shape the field, highlighting the doubts, trade-offs, and dilemmas. Drawing on his more than twenty-five years of experience working in development in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Latin America and Africa, Marcelo Giugale illustrates his chapters with real-life examples from all over the globe. He looks at a host of topics including the reasons why seemingly obvious reforms never happen, power dynamics between governments and beneficiaries, government corruption, state violence, natural resources, globalization and trade, anticipating global crises, measuring equity, ending poverty, the "new" poor, gender, indigenous peoples, children, health care, food prices, and technology. While development is a complex area in which there are no definitive answers, Giugale highlights the very real challenges that face the profession now and will continue to face development practitioners in the years to come"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Cover; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; PREFACE: WHOM IS THIS BOOK FOR?; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Overview: What Is Economic Development and What Does This Book Say about It?; 1. Governments: One Day, They Will Work for You; Why Do Obvious Reforms Never Happen?; How Is the Relationship between the State and the Citizen Changing?; Has Government Decentralization Worked?; Do We Really Care about Graft?; Why Can't We Stop Confl ict?; Are Natural Resources a Curse?; What Are the Signs That a Country Is Managing Its Riches Well?; 2. Economic Policy: The Basics You've Got to Get Right. |
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How Has Economic Wisdom Changed?Will the New, Commodity Bonanza Be Wasted?; Will Globalization End?; Why Does Growth Happen in Some Places and Not in Others?; Why Is It So Diffi cult to Agree on Tax Reform?; How Do You Prepare for the Next Global Crisis?; 3. Social Policy: Old War, New Weapons; How Many People Live in Extreme Poverty?; How Can We Help the New Poor?; Can We End Poverty?; Is There a Way to Measure Human Opportunity?; Why Are Statistics So Important in Ending Poverty?; Do We Know the Real Impact of Government Interventions?; 4. Inclusion: Those Who Are Always Left Behind. |
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Will We Ever Reach Gender Parity?Has Globalization Helped or Hurt Women?; How Did Average Housewives Become the Greatest Generation of Argentine Women?; Why Do the Poor Complain So Little?; Why Is Early Childhood Development So Diffi cult?; What Do We Know about Informal Workers?; 5. Sectors: What Ministers Will Worry about-or Should; Can Governments Create Industries?; How Will Technology Shape the World of Tomorrow's Leaders?; How Will Tomorrow's Infrastructure Be Built?; How Green Should Economic Growth Be?; Can Emerging Economies Have Universal Health Coverage? |
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Is There New Power in Entertainment Education?How Do You Deal with Rising Food Prices?; What Are "Commodity Super-cycles," and Why Do They Matter?; What's the Future of Foreign Aid?; 6. Africa: The Last Frontier; Is Africa's Emergence for Real?; Can Africa Be Defragmented?; Who Will Be Africa's Brazil?; Is There a Latin Solution to Africa's Problem?; How Have the World's Newest Nations Fared?; Can Africa Compete with China?; Can Africa Feed Africa?; How Does One Fix Africa's Statistics?; Concluding Thoughts; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Economic development.
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Economic development. |
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Economic policy.
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Economic policy. |
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Social policy.
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Social policy. |
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Globalization -- Social aspects.
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Globalization -- Social aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Giugale, Marcelo M. Economic development. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014] 9780199328130 (DLC) 2013026014 (OCoLC)853618622 |
| ISBN |
9780199328154 (e-book) |
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0199328153 (e-book) |
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9781306081948 |
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1306081947 |
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9780199328130 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780199328147 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0199328145 |
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0199328137 |
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