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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 338.90091724 EAN: 9780321278883 Edition: 9 ISBN: 0321278887 Label: Addison Wesley Manufacturer: Addison Wesley Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 784 Publication Date: June 11, 2005 Publisher: Addison Wesley Studio: Addison Wesley Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Very illuminatingThis book talks about many issues on economic development, and it also includes alternative approaches. You do not have to be a economics major to understand that book. Rating:  - Expensive--and worth every pennyI was horrified to see how much this book cost when I started my Development Economics course. Now I'm very glad I bought it. The writing is very good: it's dense, clear, and accurate. It clearly presents the economic models of the most referenced development economists. It places them in context and critiques them. I was so pleased with this book (and the subject) that I went on to pursue an MA with a focus on development economics. Textbooks that can change your life ... Read More Rating:  - Not really much economicsWhile Michael Todaro's text is widely used, as another reviewer points out, it is as much political "science" and sociology as economics. I am an economics professor and I have taught Economic Development courses from this text and had to repeatedly bring the perspective of neo-classical economics which was lacking or misconstrued. This text is closer to neo-Marxist than neo-classical. If you wish to gain the insights of economics, I would recommend "The Elusive Quest for Growth : Economists' ... Read More Rating: - Gives meaning to "development" ...... 5++Todaro and Smith cover the major issues and influences of poverty in the third world, as we know it today. With development having many different meanings and underdevelopment been a concept that many theories, especially economic ones, ignore, this book is exceptional in its analysis of the third world and the need for development, both economically and socially; the role of women and children in poverty is raised and discussed, as the important issue that it is, .... and more than often is ... Read More Rating: - Accessible and ComprehensiveThe greatest problem facing economists today (I should say "facing the world today") is how to create wealth in the poorest countries of the world. This introduction to the subject is accessible to any reader, even those with very limited previous knowledge of economics. The book begins with a critical summary of current development theories and then takes on a number of policy questions, with case studies. Each chapter ends with discussion questions and the publisher maintains a web site with useful quantitative ... Read More 
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