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100 1 $aEasterly, William,$d1957-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88607907
245 14 $aThe elusive quest for growth :$beconomists' adventures and misadventures in the tropics /$cWilliam Easterly.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bMIT Press,$c[2001], ©2001.
300 $axiii, 342 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [313]-333) and index.
505 00 $gI.$tWhy Growth Matters.$g1.$tTo Help the Poor.$tIntermezzo: In Search of a River --$gII.$tPanaceas That Failed.$g2.$tAid for Investment.$tIntermezzo: Parmila.$g3.$tSolow's Surprise: Investment Is Not the Key to Growth.$tIntermezzo: Dry Cornstalks.$g4.$tEducated for What?$tIntermezzo: Without a Refuge.$g5.$tCash for Condoms?$tIntermezzo: Tomb Paintings.$g6.$tThe Loans That Were, the Growth That Wasn't.$tIntermezzo: Leila's Story.$g7.$tForgive Us Our Debts.$tIntermezzo: Cardboard House --$gIII.$tPeople Respond to Incentives.$g8.$tTales of Increasing Returns: Leaks, Matches, and Traps.$tIntermezzo: War and Memory.$g9.$tCreative Destruction: The Power of Technology.$tIntermezzo: Accident in Jamaica.$g10.$tUnder an Evil Star.$tIntermezzo: Favela Life.$g11.$tGovernments Can Kill Growth.$tIntermezzo: Florence and Veronica.$g12.$tCorruption and Growth.$tIntermezzo: Discrimination in Palanpur.$g13.$tPolarized Peoples.$tIntermezzo: Violent for Centuries.$g14.$tConclusion: The View from Lahore.
520 1 $a"Since the end of World War II, economists have tried to figure out how poor countries in the tropics could attain standards of living approaching those of countries in Europe and North America. Attempted remedies have included providing foreign aid, investing in machines, fostering education, controlling population growth, and making aid loans as well as forgiving those loans on condition of institutional reforms.".
520 8 $a"In this book Easterly shows how these solutions all violate the basic principle of economics, that people - private individuals and businesses, government officials, even aid donors - respond to incentives. Easterly first discusses the importance of growth. He then analyzes the development solutions that have failed. Finally, he suggests alternative approaches to the problem.
520 8 $aWritten in an accessible, at times irreverent, style, Easterly's book combines modern growth theory with anecdotes from his fieldwork for the World Bank."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aPoor$zDeveloping countries.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109769
650 0 $aPoverty$zDeveloping countries.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109142
651 0 $aDeveloping countries$xEconomic policy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102080
651 4 $aDeveloping countries$xEconomic policy.
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