Product Description: Examines the vigorous debate which is prevalent in development studies circles as to whether corruption in all cases is detrimental to the interests of the poor or whether, in some cases, corruption might actually facilitate development...read more

Product Description: Structuralist macroeconomics has emerged recently as the only viable theoretical alternative for economists and practitioners in developing countries. Lance Taylor's innovative work represents a landmark in this field...read more

From the historical perspective, the two central problems facing most of the developing countries are: Who should bear the burden of the costs of development? and How should these costs be shared between those in the urban and rural sectors? The inevitable conflicts between the two have, in fact, been a long standing theme, reflected in the debates, in Britain over the Corn Laws, in the United States over industrial tariffs, and in Russia over the size of the "scissors." The book provides for the first time a unifying framework within which these questions can be systematically approached. From the perspective of modern public finance, this book provides the first systematic treatment incorporating the distinctive features of developing countries. Raaj K. Sah and Joseph E. Stiglitz not only show that the consequences of various tax policies are distinctly different from what they would be in a more developed economy, but they also develop a simple framework for assessing both efficiency and equity consequences of a wide variety of policies. They show how their approach can be extended to include issues of cost benefit analysis and agricultural pricing. While the authors break new ground, the book is written to be accessible to a wider audience, including practicing development economists. Each chapter includes a nontechnical discussion of the central problems at hand and a summary of the conclusions of the analysis. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Using the most up-to-date statistics, this user-friendly text draws on the postwar experience of five main types of developing countries to explain the policies necessary to achieve rapid, equitable and sustainable economic growth...read more

Product Description: This text explores the notion of a technological system and more specifically the distinction between modern and traditional technological systems. Using highly disaggregated data for a range of sectors and developing countries, this distinction has been applied to micro as well as macro-economy issues...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Presents articles which address both sides of the debate about whether the global economy harms or helps the poor.

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Product Description: This book examines the impact of globalization on employment, income distribution and poverty reduction in developing countries using the five country studies of Ghana, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Nepal and Vietnam, looking at the evidence for targeted economic and social policies both at national and international levels...read more

This is a fresh contribution to what we know about the role of poverty and low income in the health of individuals and households in developing countries. This book presents the reader with a clear picture of the key aspects of the relationship between poverty, health and health care. It shows how the health status of individuals (especially the poor) in developing countries is particularly important from an economic perspective because of the accentuated impact ill health has on productivity, human capital efficiency and the subsequent levels of well-being in these countries.