An edition of The Elusive Quest for Growth (2002)

The Elusive Quest for Growth

Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics

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An edition of The Elusive Quest for Growth (2002)

The Elusive Quest for Growth

Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics

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Why economists' attempts to help poorer countries improve their economic well-being have failed.
Since the end of World War II, economists have tried to figure out how poor countries in the tropics could attain standards of living approaching those of countries in Europe and North America. Attempted remedies have included providing foreign aid, investing in machines, fostering education, controlling population growth, and making aid loans as well as forgiving those loans on condition of reforms. None of these solutions has delivered as promised. The problem is not the failure of economics, William Easterly argues, but the failure to apply economic principles to practical policy work.

In this book Easterly shows how these solutions all violate the basic principle of economics, that people—private individuals and businesses, government officials, even aid donors—respond to incentives. Easterly first discusses the importance of growth. He then analyzes the development solutions that have failed. Finally, he suggests alternative approaches to the problem. Written in an accessible, at times irreverent, style, Easterly's book combines modern growth theory with anecdotes from his fieldwork for the World Bank.

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The MIT Press
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English
Pages
356

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The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics
August 8, 2002, The MIT Press
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First Sentence

"The typical rate of infant mortality in the richest fifth of countries is 4 out of every 1,000 births; in the poorest fifth of countries, it is 200 out of every 1,000 births."

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HC59.7

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Paperback
Number of pages
356
Dimensions
8.8 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Weight
1.1 pounds

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OL9702966M
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ISBN 10
0262550423
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9780262550420
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7887
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