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1	Development as Freedom more books like this by Amartya Sen add to wishlist In this scholarly work, a Nobel Prize-winning economist recommends the adoption of integrated socioeconomic policies that view social freedom and economic development as complementary pursuits. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $8.55! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Development Economics more books like this by Debraj Ray add to wishlist The study of development in low-income countries is attracting more attention around the world than ever before. Yet, until now there has been no comprehensive text that incorporates the huge strides made in the subject over the past decade. "Development Economics" does precisely that in a clear, rigorous, and elegant fashion. Debraj Ray, one of ... see all copies from $38.06! new only from $59.53! \| SVS
3	The companion to development studies more books like this by Dr. Vandana Desai (Editor), Robert B Potter (Editor) add to wishlist The Companion to Development Studies is an essential one-stop reference for anyone with an interest in development studies. Over 100 international experts have been brought together to present a comprehensive overview of the key theoretical and practical issues dominating contemporary development studies. Building on the success of the first ... see all copies from $42.16! new only from $45.65!
4	Development Geography and Economic Theory more books like this by Paul Krugman add to wishlist Why do certain ideas gain currency in economics while others fall by the wayside? Paul Krugman argues that the unwillingness of mainstream economists to think about what they could not formalize led them to ignore ideas that turn out, in retrospect, to have been very good ones. Krugman examines the course of economic geography and development ... see all copies from $6.07! new only from $7.75! \| first editions \| SVS
5	An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change more books like this by Richard R Nelson, Sidney G Winter (Photographer) add to wishlist This book contains the most sustained and serious attack on mainstream, neoclassical economics in more than forty years. Nelson and Winter focus their critique on the basic question of how firms and industries change overtime. They marshal significant objections to the fundamental neoclassical assumptions of profit maximization and market ... see all copies from $17.26! new only from $36.50!
6	The Poverty of "Development Economics" more books like this by Deepak Lal add to wishlist Deepak Lal outlines and assesses the validity of a set of beliefs about third world economic development that underlies the thinking of many politicians, bureaucrats, journalists, and academics in both developing and developed countries. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	From Subsistence to Exchange & Other Essays more books like this by Peter Tamas Bauer, Lord, Professor Amartya K Sen (Introduction by) add to wishlist Peter Bauer, a pioneer of development economics, is an incisive thinker whose work continues to influence fields from political science to history to anthropology. As Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen writes in the introduction to this book, 'the originality, force, and extensive bearing of his writings have been quite astonishing.' This collection of ... see all copies from $6.98! new only from $20.93! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Readings in Development Economics, Volume II: Emprical Microeconomics more books like this by Professor Pranab K Bardhan, Christopher Udry add to wishlist These two volumes of readings attempt to bring some degree of structure to a relatively diffuse field. Because of the sheer volume of high-quality work in development economics research, they are intended as a sampling of work at the frontier of the field, rather than as a comprehensive overview. "Volume 1: Micro-Theory" focuses on theoretical ... see all copies from $3.40! new only from $4.98!
9	Increasing Returns and Path Dependence in the Economy more books like this by W Brian Arthur add to wishlist Pioneering work on an important new approach to economics. see all copies from $14.88! new only from $39.50!
10	Welfare, incentives, and taxation more books like this by James A Mirrlees add to wishlist Nobel Prize-winning economist James Mirrlees is one of the world's leading figures in welfare, development, and public sector economics. This volume brings together for the first time twenty-three of his seminal papers on welfare economics, tax theory, public expenditure, contract theory, growth theory, and development economics. Academic and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Frontiers of Development Economics: The Future in Perspective more books like this by Joseph E Stiglitz (Editor), Professor Gerald M Meier (Editor), Nicholas Stern (Foreword by) add to wishlist Edited by Vice President of the World Bank and Gerald Meier, author of several very successful Oxford titles, Frontiers in Development, offers cutting edge thinking from a new generation of dynamic thinkers in development economics. see all copies from $9.97! new only from $31.01! \| SVS
12	The State and the Economic System: An Introduction to the History of Political Economy more books like this by Phyllis Deane add to wishlist This study traces the history of economic thought over the past 300 years, from its emergence as a scientific discipline in the 17th century to modern times and the reaction that set in against the policies associated with the age of "economic management" that reached its climax in the period following the Second World War. The argument of the ... see all copies from $1.99! SVS
13 view cover	Economic Development and the Division of Labor more books like this by Jeffrey D Sachs, Xiaokai Yang add to wishlist This innovative new book from Xiaokai Yang introduces students to development economics through the lens of inframarginal and marginal analyses, and shows how this way of thinking has influenced a shift back to classical economic theory within the field of economic development. Yang offers a thorough analysis of trade and macroeconomics not to be ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $41.88! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Development Economics: From the Poverty to the Wealth of Nations more books like this by Professor Yujiro Hayami add to wishlist This textbook provides a comprehensive, systematic treatise on development economics, combining classical political economy, modern institutional theory, and current development issues. Grown out of twenty years' experience of teaching in the United States and Japan, its treatment is global, although the organizing principle is the East Asian ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $27.60! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Development Macroeconomics more books like this by Pierre-Richard Agenor, Peter J Montiel add to wishlist Since it was first published in 1995, "Development Macroeconomics" has remained the definitive textbook on the macroeconomics of developing countries. Now, in this fully revised and updated third edition, Pierre-Richard Agenor and Peter Montiel cover the latest advances in this rapidly changing field, making this the most up-to-date, authoritative ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $54.00!
16 view cover	Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen: Volume I: Ethics, Welfare, and Measurement more books like this by Kaushik Basu (Editor), Ravi Kanbur (Editor) add to wishlist Amartya Sen has made deep and lasting contributions to the academic disciplines of economics, philosophy, and the social sciences more broadly. He has engaged in policy dialogue and public debate, advancing the cause of a human development focused policy agenda, and a tolerant and democratic polity. This argumentative Indian has made the case for ... see all copies from $80.81! new only from $91.88!
17 view cover	Development Studies: A Reader more books like this by Stuart Corbridge (Editor) add to wishlist "Development Studies" brings together in a single accessible volume a representative and exciting set of readings on the nature of contemporary development issues. Using as its organizing theme the 'development debate' itself, this reader focuses on six main topic areas: theories and models of development, agricultural change and rural development ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $51.80! \| SVS
18 view cover	Games in Economic Development more books like this by Bruce Wydick add to wishlist Games in Economic Development examines the roots of poverty and prosperity through the lens of elementary game theory, illustrating how patterns of human interaction can lead to vicious cycles of poverty as well as virtuous cycles of prosperity. The book shows how both social norms and carefully designed institutions can help shape the 'rules of ... see all copies from $23.40! new only from $23.40! \| SVS
19 view cover	Learning from Learning by Doing': Lessons for Economic Growth more books like this by Professor Robert M Solow add to wishlist This book by a Nobel laureate in economics begins with a brief exposition of Kenneth J. Arrow's classic paper The Economic Implications of Learning by Doing (1962). It shows how Arrow's idea fits into the modern theory of economic growth, and uses it as a springboard for a critical consideration of spectacular recent developments that have made ... see all copies from $2.36! new only from $9.75! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Readings in Development Economics, Volume II: Empirical Microeconomics more books like this by Professor Pranab K Bardhan, Christopher Udry add to wishlist These two volumes of readings attempt to bring some degree of structure to a relatively diffuse field. Because of the sheer volume of high-quality work in development economics research, they are intended as a sampling of work at the frontier of the field, rather than as a comprehensive overview. "Volume 1: Micro-Theory" focuses on theoretical ... see all copies from $11.49! new only from $15.28! \| first editions
21 view cover	Elgar Companion to Development Studies more books like this by David Alexander Clark add to wishlist "The Elgar Companion to Development Studies" is an innovative and unique reference book that includes original contributions covering development economics as well as development studies broadly defined. This major new Companion brings together an international panel of experts from varying backgrounds who discuss theoretical, ethical and ... see all copies from $45.50! new only from $60.11!
22 view cover	Development Theory: Deconstructions/Reconstructions more books like this by Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Professor Jan Nederveen Pieterse add to wishlist The thoughts and works of one of the leading commentators on the theory and policy of development are contained in this volume. The book looks widely over issues of Eurocentricism, critical globalism, intercultural transaction, delinking and post-development theory and presents ideas for the future of the field. Throughout, the author tries to ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $32.54! \| SVS
23 view cover	Rise and Fall of Development Theory more books like this by Colin Leys add to wishlist This work comments on three decades of development theory, discusses the determinants of the course of its evolution and decline, and exemplifies it from the viewpoint of a leading participant in the debate. The author suggests that the African experience has some lessons to teach about the real meaning of uncontrolled capitalist development on a ... see all copies from $6.10! new only from $11.00! \| first editions
24 view cover	Food Aid After Fifty Years: Recasting Its Role more books like this by Professor Christopher B Barrett, Daniel G Maxwell add to wishlist This book analyzes the impact food aid programmes have had over the past fifty years, assessing the current situation as well as future prospects. Issues such as political expediency, the impact of international trade and exchange rates are put under the microscope to provide the reader with a greater understanding of this important subject matter ... see all copies from $57.08! new only from $60.46! \| SVS
25 view cover	Readings in Development Economics, Volume I: Micro-Theory more books like this by Professor Pranab K Bardhan, Christopher Udry add to wishlist These two volumes of readings attempt to bring some degree of structure to a relatively diffuse field. Because of the sheer volume of high-quality work in development economics research, they are intended as a sampling of work at the frontier of the field, rather than as a comprehensive overview. "Volume 1: Micro-Theory" focuses on theoretical ... see all copies from $10.37! new only from $33.25! \| first editions

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