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Socio-Economic Development
Socio-Economic DevelopmentWhy are poor countries poor and rich countries rich? How are wealth and poverty related tochanges in health, life expectancy, education, population growth and politics? This non-technical introduction to Development studies explores the dynamics of socio -economicdevelopment and stagnation in developing countries. Thoroughly updated and revised, thissecond edition includes new material on the effects of the 2008financial crisis, theemergence of the BRICS economies, the role of institutions in Development and theaccelerated growth of economies in Africa and Asia. Taking a comparative approach,Szirmai places contemporary debates within their broader contexts and combines insightsand theories from economics, economic history, political science, anthropology and soci-ology. Each chapter includes comparative statistics and time series for thirty-one developingcountries. Assuming no prior knowledge of economics, this book is well suited for studentsin interdisciplinary Development studies and Development economics, for policy makers andfor practitioners pursuing careers in developing Szirmaiis Professorial Fellow at the United Nations University Maastricht Economicand Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) and Professorof Development Economics at Maastricht University.
4.7.3. Absorptive capacity 151 4.8. Biotechnology and information and communication technology 155 4.8.1. Biotechnology 155 4.8.2. Information and communication technology 156 4.9. National and international policy 156 Questions for review 158 Further reading 158 5 Population and development 160 5.1. Introduction 161 5.2. Perspectives on ...
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