, saving for the future, or building credibility with debtors and investors. This story of development economics in action …

This comprehensive overview of the modern Chinese economy by a noted expert on China's economic development offers a … different aspects of the modern Chinese economy. It analyzes patterns of growth and development, including population growth and … technological development in urban areas; international trade and foreign investment; macroeconomic trends and cycles and the …

economic development is economic growth. In this book Gary Fields asks to what extent and in what circumstances economic growth … improves the material standard of living of a country's people. Most development economists agree that economic growth raises …

innovative program for social change and economic development. Gathered here for the first time in one volume are recent writings … economic and social development, democracy and capitalism, he also reveals the "key terms" of his scholarship—concepts he is …

sheer volume of high-quality work in development economics research, they are intended as a sampling of work at the frontier …

of illegal immigrants, refutes the conventional view that democracy hinders development, and much more. …