The Pursuit of Development: Economic Growth, Social Change and Ideas

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What do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments and the international community foster development? The process by which nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has been the subject of extensive examination for hundreds of years. The notion of development itself has evolved from an original preoccupation with incomes and economic growth to a much broader understanding of development. In his new book, Ian Goldin considers the contributions that education, health, gender, equity and other dimensions of human well-being make to development, and discusses why it is also necessary to take into account the role of institutions and the rule of law as well as sustainability and environmental concerns. Cover The Pursuit of Development: Economic Growth, Social Change, and Ideas Copyright Dedication Contents Preface and Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Tables 1: What is Development? The Meaning of ‘Development’ Why are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor? Beyond Growth People-Centred Development Development Indicators New Concepts of Development 2: How Does Development Happen? Notions of Modernization Planning for Economic Development Dependency Theory Neo-Classical Market-Led Development The State and Market 3: Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor? Uneven Development Poverty and Inequality Explaining Different Development Outcomes 4: What Can Be Done to Accelerate Development? Literacy, Education, and Health Gender and Development Agriculture and Food Infrastructure Legal Framework and Equity Conflict, Peace, and Stability 5: The Evolution of Development Aid Changing Aid Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals Development Finance Institutions Debt Crisis and Response International Public Goods Building Resilience The Future of Aid Evaluation 6: Sustainable Development Limits to Growth? 7: Globalization and Development Finance and Development Trade and Development Technology and Development International Regulation and Cooperation International Migration and Development Refugees and Development 8: The Future of Development Our Common Future Ideas for Development Make Poverty History Sources for Figures and Boxes FIGURES BOXES References CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT? CHAPTER 2: HOW DOES DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN? CHAPTER 3: WHY ARE SOME COUNTRIES RICH AND OTHERS POOR? CHAPTER 4: WHAT CAN BE DONE TO ACCELERATE DEVELOPMENT? CHAPTER 5: THE EVOLUTION OF DEVELOPMENT AID CHAPTER 6: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 7: GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 8: THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT Further Reading CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT? CHAPTER 2: HOW DOES DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN? CHAPTER 3: WHY ARE SOME COUNTRIES RICH AND OTHERS POOR? CHAPTER 4: WHAT CAN BE DONE TO ACCELERATE DEVELOPMENT? CHAPTER 5: THE EVOLUTION OF DEVELOPMENT AID CHAPTER 6: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 7: GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 8: THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT Index