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Overview & Key Terms

Overview of development economics

This useful site provides a concise brief of key concepts and theoretical models that have underpinned historical and contemporary approaches to international development.
Topics covered include:

- Objectives of economic development
- Theoretical models of development, including balanced growth, dependency, Rostow, comparative advantage, Harrod-Domar and Lewis models
- Development policies of the IMF, World Bank, governments, multinational firms and the WTO
- Market approaches to development
- Structural issues and unemployment
- Social capital and cohesion
- Globalisation
- Finance, debt and terms of trade

 

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