The elusive quest for growth : economists' adventures and misadventures in the tropics /
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| ভাষা: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
c2001.
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সূচিপত্রের সারণি:
- Machine generated contents note: I Why Growth Matters 1
- 1 To Help the Poor 5
- Intermezzo: In Search of a River 16
- II Panaceas That Failed 21
- 2 Aid for Investment 25
- Intermezzo: Parmila 45
- 3 Solow's Surprise: Investment Is Not the Key to Growth 47
- Intermezzo: Dry Cornstalks 70
- 4 Educated for What? 71
- Intermezzo: Without a Refuge 85
- 5 Cash for Condoms? 87
- Intermezzo: Tomb Paintings 99
- 6 The Loans That Were, the Growth That Wasn't 101
- Intermezzo: Leila's Story 121
- 7 Forgive Us Our Debts 123
- Intermezzo: Cardboard House 138
- III People Respond to Incentives 141
- 8 Tales of Increasing Returns: Leaks, Matches, and Traps 145
- Intermezzo: War and Memory 170
- 9 Creative Destruction: The Power of Technology 171
- Intermezzo: Accident in Jamaica 193
- 10 Under an Evil Star 195
- Intermezzo: Favela Life 215
- 11 Governments Can Kill Growth 217
- Intermezzo: Florence and Veronica 240
- 12 Corruption and Growth 241
- Intermezzo: Discrimination in Palanpur 253
- 13 Polarized Peoples 255
- Intermezzo: Violent for Centuries 282
- 14 Conclusion: The View from Lahore 285
- Notes 293
- References and Further Reading 313
- Index 335.