The Dynamics of Socio-Economic Development: An Introduction - Softcover

Szirmai, Adam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521520843 ISBN 13: 9780521520843

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Why are poor countries poor and rich countries rich? How are wealth and poverty related to changes in nutrition, health, life expectancy, education, population growth and politics? This modern, non-technical introduction to development economics takes a quantitative and comparative approach to contemporary debates, examining historical, institutional, demographic, sociological, political, cultural and ecological factors. Chapters contain comparative statistics from twenty-nine developing countries and assume no prior knowledge of economics.

About this title

About the Author:

Adam Szirmai is Professor of Technology and Development Studies at Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, and one of the founders of the Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Studies.

Review:

"This monumental study is historically grounded, balanced, nuanced, rigorous, eclectic, and reader-friendly. All serious scholars and practitioners of economic development will want to have a copy on their shelves. The volume is also ideally suited as a text for a development economics course." --Hal Hill, H.W. Arndt Professor of Southeast Asian Economies, Australian National University

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521520843
• ISBN 13: 9780521520843
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 746