The elusive quest for growth : economists' adventures and misadventures in the tropics / / William Easterly.
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| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 342 p. :; ill. |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The elusive quest for growth |h [electronic resource] : |b economists' adventures and misadventures in the tropics / |c William Easterly. |
| 260 | |a Cambridge, Mass. : |b MIT Press, |c c2001. | ||
| 300 | |a xiii, 342 p. : |b ill. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-333) and index. | ||
| 505 | 8 | |a Machine generated contents note: I Why Growth Matters 1 -- 1 To Help the Poor 5 -- Intermezzo: In Search of a River 16 -- II Panaceas That Failed 21 -- 2 Aid for Investment 25 -- Intermezzo: Parmila 45 -- 3 Solow's Surprise: Investment Is Not the Key to Growth 47 -- Intermezzo: Dry Cornstalks 70 -- 4 Educated for What? 71 -- Intermezzo: Without a Refuge 85 -- 5 Cash for Condoms? 87 -- Intermezzo: Tomb Paintings 99 -- 6 The Loans That Were, the Growth That Wasn't 101 -- Intermezzo: Leila's Story 121 -- 7 Forgive Us Our Debts 123 -- Intermezzo: Cardboard House 138 -- III People Respond to Incentives 141 -- 8 Tales of Increasing Returns: Leaks, Matches, and Traps 145 -- Intermezzo: War and Memory 170 -- 9 Creative Destruction: The Power of Technology 171 -- Intermezzo: Accident in Jamaica 193 -- 10 Under an Evil Star 195 -- Intermezzo: Favela Life 215 -- 11 Governments Can Kill Growth 217 -- Intermezzo: Florence and Veronica 240 -- 12 Corruption and Growth 241 -- Intermezzo: Discrimination in Palanpur 253 -- 13 Polarized Peoples 255 -- Intermezzo: Violent for Centuries 282 -- 14 Conclusion: The View from Lahore 285 -- Notes 293 -- References and Further Reading 313 -- Index 335. | |
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Poor |z Developing countries. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Poverty |z Developing countries. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Developing countries |x Economic policy. | |
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