Emerging Issues in Economic Development

In recent times, developing countries across the world have focused on a market-driven approach to address their economic issues. While this has resulted in financial growth, it has also led to a spurt in systemic challenges in many nations.

This volume explores the concerns faced by emerging economies from a present-day viewpoint, with in-depth analysis of key issues in economic development such as growth, market structure, poverty measurement, corruption, financial scams, voting behaviour, informal credit markets, and technology transfer, through the use of theoretical models.

The chapters in this volume have been written in honour of Dipankar Dasgupta and Amitava Bose, two outstanding academicians and contributors to the field of economic theory. With contributions from leading theorists on topics ranging from democracy and development, to patent laws, and environmental concerns, this volume bridges the gap between empirical analysis and a theoretical understanding of emerging issues in economic development.

Sugata Marjit, Professor, Reserve Bank of India Professor of Industrial Economics and Director, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata,Meenakshi Rajeev, Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Policy, Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru


Sugata Marjit is the RBI Professor of Industrial Economics at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta and the Chairman of the West Bengal State Council of Higher Education.

Meenakshi Rajeev is the Reserve Bank of India Chair Professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Policy in the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore.