Contemporary Issues in Development Economics / Edition 1

by B. N. Ghosh

Overview

This new collection of articles puts the very latest issues in economic development under the microscope, exploring them from a variety of perspectives.
Beginning with an assessment of the current state of play in development, the authors move forward to examine neglected issues such as human development, gender, brain drain, military expenditure and post-colonial theory. While analysing the problems of external debts, technology transfer and new theories of international trade, the relationship between developing and developed economies is fully explored. The book also examines the important topics of financial reform, structural adjustments and the role of the IMF in the new financial architecture.
The highly respected contributors subject these critical issues to thorough analysis with suggestions towards resolving some of these problems, making this an indispensable book that researchers and students of development economics cannot afford to miss.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415251365
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/12/2001
Series:	Routledge Studies in Development Economics , #20
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction B.N. Ghosh 1. Development in Development Economics B.N. Ghosh 2. Human Development, Military Expenditure and Social Wellbeing Masudul Alam Choudhury 3.The Problem of Brain Drain B.N. Ghosh and Rama Ghosh 4. Gender and Development: Transforming the Process Gale Summerfield 5. Food Security in Developing Countries Randy Stringer6. External Debt, Government Expenditure, Investment and Growth G.S. Gupta 7. The Pure Theory of International Trade, Globalisation and Sustainable Development: Agenda for the Future M.R. Aggarwal 8. Knowledge, Technology Transfer and Multinational Corporations Shankaran Nambiar 9. International Monetary Fund: Functions, Financial Crises and Future Relevance George Kadmos and Phillip Anthony O'Hara 10. Economic Development and Environmental Problems John Asafu-Adjaye 11. Globalisation as Westernisation: a Postcolonial Theory of Global Exploitation Ozay Mehmet

Editorial Reviews

'The book should especailly interest students at the beginning of their doctoral studies.' - Progress in Development Studies

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