Advancing Development Core Themes in Global Economics [Paperback]

This book reflects on current thinking in development economics and on what may happen over the next two decades. As well as studying development economics in retrospect, the volume explores the current debates and challenges and looks forward at the problems that affect the global capacity to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.Preface; G.Mavrotas & A.Shorrocks Foreword Obituary: Lal Jayawardena; A.Singh PART 1: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS IN RETROSPECT The Evolution of the Development Doctrine, 1950-2005; E.Thorbecke Turning Points in Development Thinking and Practice; L.Emmerij From Sees to Sen: The Meaning of Economic Development; W.Nafziger Inequality in Historical Perspective; R.Jolly PART 2: INEQUALITY AND CONFLICT Health Improvements and Health Inequality During the Last 40 Years; G.A.Cornia & L.Menchini Inequality and Corruption; E.Uslaner Indivisibility, Fairness, Farsightedness and their Implications for Security; S.M. Murshed Violence in Peace: Understanding Increased Violence in Early Post-conflict Transitions and its Implications for Development; M.B. Hartwell PART 3: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING International Convergence or Higher Inequality in Human Development? Evidence for 1975 to 2002; F.Noorbakhsh Investing in Health for Economic Development: The Case of Mexico; N.Lustig A Wider Approach to Aid Effectiveness: Correlated Impacts on Health, Wealth, Fertility and Education; D.Fielding, M.McGillivray & S.Torres Is Social Capital Part of the Institutions Continuum and is it a Deep Determinant of Development? S.Knowles PART 4: GLOBALISATION Stormy Days on an Open Field: Asymmetries in the Global Economy; N.Birdsall A Quest for Pro-poor Globalisation; M.Nissanke & E.Thorbecke International Migration in an Era of Globalisation; A.de Haan PART 5: DEVELOPMENT FINANCE International Risk Tolerance, Capital Market Failure and Capital Flows to Emerging Markets; V.Fitzgerald Prolonged Use and Conditionality Failure: Investigating the IMF Resplc+