Development Economics

This book contains essays for Development Economics at the undergraduate level. This book includes the following topics: - Defining and Measuring Development; - Harrod-Domar Model; - Lewis Model; - Balanced Growth vs. Unbalanced Growth; - Structuralism; - Industrialization; - Agriculture; - Kuznets Curve; - Poverty and Economic Growth; - Kalecki's Development Finance Model; - Migration; - Amartya Sen’s Entitlement Approach to Famine; - Race to the Bottom: International Labour Standards; - Democracy or Dictatorship?; - Military Spending and Economic Growth; - Multinational Companies; - Globalization; - Bretton Woods Institutions: The IMF and World Bank - Aid.