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020			_a9780195179606
040			_cCUS
082			_a338.9 _bMEI/L
245		0	_aLeading issues in economic development/ _cedited by Gerald M. Meier, James E. Rauch
250			_a8th ed.
260			_aNew Delhi: _bOxford University Press, _c2005.
300			_axvii, 650 p. : _bill. ; _c26 cm.
505			_aIntroduction. Measuring development -- Econommic performance of less developed countries : the recent past -- The discipline of development economics -- Historical perspective -- Savings and investment -- International trade and technology transfer. Trade -- Foreign contact and technology transfer -- Human resources. Education -- Population -- Health and nutrition -- Gender and development -- Migration and the urban informal sector -- Agriculture. The importance of agriculture for economic development -- Designing an agricultural strategy -- Microeconomics of the rural sector --Agricultural pricing policy and urban bias -- Income distribution. The impact of development on income distribution -- The impact of income distribution on development -- Case studies -- Political economy. The (proper) role of the state in less developed countries -- Rent seeking and government failure -- State capacity -- Development and the economy.
650			_aEconomic development
650			_aDeveloping countries
650			_aEconomic history
700			_aMeier, Gerald M., ed.
700			_aRauch, James E., ed.
942			_cWB16