Economic Development: What Everyone Needs to Know (Record no. 109747)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780190688424 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 338.9 |
| Item number | GIU |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Giugale, Marcelo M. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 28920 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Economic Development: What Everyone Needs to Know |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2nd ed |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Oxford University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2017 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 228p |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Preface: Whom is this book for?<br/>Acknowledgments<br/>Overview: What Is Economic Development and What Does This Book Say about It?<br/><br/>Chapter 1: Governments: One Day, They Will Work for You <br/>Why Do Obvious Reforms Never Happen?<br/>How Is the Relationship between the State and the Citizen Changing?<br/>Why Should Governments Intervene in Markets?<br/>Has Government Decentralization Worked?<br/>Do We Really Care about Graft?<br/>Why Can't We Stop Conflict?<br/>Are Natural Resources a Curse?<br/>What Are the Signs That a Country Is Managing Its Riches Well?<br/><br/>Chapter 2: Economic Policy: The Basics You've Got to Get Right <br/>Why Governments Struggle to Prop the World's Economy?<br/>What Is Structural Reform?<br/>What Are the G20 and Why Do They Matter for Development?<br/>How Do Governments Regulate the Financial Sector?<br/>Do the Fed's Decisions Matter for the Developing World?<br/>What Do Europe's Woes Mean for the World's Poor?<br/>How Do You Prepare for the Next Global Crisis?<br/>Was the Commodity Bonanza Wasted?<br/>Will Globalization End?<br/>Why Does Growth Happen in Some Places and Not in Others?<br/>Why Is It So Difficult to Agree on Tax Reform?<br/>What Is the Global Tax War?<br/><br/>Chapter 3: Social Policy: Old War, New Weapons <br/>Why Did Piketty's Work Pique Our Sudden Interest in Inequality?<br/>How Many People Live in Extreme Poverty?<br/>How Can We Help the New Poor?<br/>Can We End Poverty?<br/>Is There a Way to Measure Human Opportunity?<br/>Why Are Statistics So Important in Ending Poverty?<br/>Do We Know the Real Impact of Government Interventions?<br/>Can Cheap Oil Hurt the Poor?<br/><br/>Chapter 4: Inclusion: Those Who Are Always Left Behind <br/>Will We Ever Reach Gender Parity?<br/>Has Globalization Helped or Hurt Women?<br/>Impact Evaluation: A Woman's Best Friend?<br/>How Did Average Housewives Become the Greatest Generation of Argentine Women?<br/>Why Do the Poor Complain So Little?<br/>Why Is Early Childhood Development So Difficult?<br/>What Do We Know about Informal Workers?<br/><br/>Chapter 5: Sectors: What Ministers Will Worry about-or Should <br/>Can Governments Create Industries?<br/>Does Foreign Investment Help You Join Global Value Chains?<br/>Can You Innovate Your Way out of the Middle-Income Trap?<br/>From Miami to Mumbai: What Makes Cities Competitive?<br/>How Will Technology Shape the World of Tomorrow's Leaders?<br/>How Will Tomorrow's Infrastructure Be Built?<br/>How Green Should Economic Growth Be?<br/>Is It Time to End Fuel Subsidies?<br/>Can Emerging Economies Have Universal Health Coverage?<br/>How Do You Measure the Economic Impact of Ebola?<br/>Is There New Power in Entertainment Education?<br/>How Do You Deal with Rising Food Prices?<br/>What Are "Commodity Super-cycles," and Why Do They Matter?<br/>How Do Oil-rich Governments Respond to Falling Oil Prices?<br/>Should Foreign Aid Be Abandoned?<br/>What's the Future of Foreign Aid?<br/><br/>Chapter 6: Africa: The Last Frontier <br/>Is Africa's Emergence for Real?<br/>Can Africa Be Defragmented?<br/>Can Africans Become Shareholders in their Own Wealth?<br/>How Have the World's Newest Nations Fared?<br/>Can Africa Compete with China?<br/>Can Africa Follow China's Industrialization Path?<br/>Can Services Drive Africa's Development?<br/>Can Africa Feed Africa?<br/>How Does One Fix Africa's Statistics?<br/>Did Debt Forgiveness Work in Africa?<br/>Concluding Thoughts<br/>Notes<br/>Bibliography<br/>Index |
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| Call number prefix | 338.9 |
| Call number suffix | GIU |
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