Development Policy An Introduction to Objectives and Results

Developing countries have made rapid but highly varied progress since the 1990s. So much so that the boundaries to the traditional industrialized countries have become partially blurred. On the other hand, there are a number of mostly fragile states that have not succeeded in doing so, or have only...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Betz, Joachim
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Theories of development and growth
  • The aftermath of colonial rule
  • Developing countries today
  • Poverty
  • Inequality of income and wealth
  • Education
  • Health
  • Social protection
  • Employment
  • Population
  • Women and development
  • Democracy and development
  • Institutions, governance and development
  • Corruption
  • Wars and development
  • Defective statehood
  • Migration
  • Climate and development
  • Development cooperation