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One of two self-contained companion volumes, this unusual collection surveys the transformation of the major regions of the South, during the course of the ‘long twentieth century’. Individual essays examine the transformation of particular regions of the 1st ed. ix+262p., Tables; References; Index; 23cm.

The history of modern economic thought associated with the emergence of industrial capitalism over two centuries ago was preoccupied with the question of economic transformation or development. This volume surveys important contributions to the economics 1st ed. xvi+234p., Notes; References; Index; 25cm.

One of two companion volumes, this collection offers rich historical insights into different dimensions of economic developments as they affect globalization. The essays trace factors that have been responsible for the growing inequalities between the Nor 1st ed. xi+311p., Tables Figures.

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Development economics emerged in the 1950s and, during its first quarter century, evolved in the context of both the Cold War and docolonization. The ascendance of free market conservatism in the west in the early 1980s was followed by the consolidation o 1st ed. xxiv+304p., Notes; References; Index; 25cm.

Many mainstream economists have claimed that globalization creates worldwide growth, and that economic liberalization will lead to economic convergence and lower inequality. It is now clear that since the 1980s the world economy has experienced slower gro 1st ed. xxviii+416p., Tables; Figures; Index.

Historically, much of economic thought, especially until the 1960s, has been preoccupied with the central concerns of development economics. It is thus contemporary mainstream economics-dominated by those with a touching faith in the virtues and infallibi 1st ed. xxiii+165p., Notes; References; Index; 25cm.

In 2000, UN member states pledged to halve world poverty by 2015, among other Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). But progress has been elusive since. The chapters in this volume address disparate problems in achieving the UN development agenda, from the 1st ed. xvi+348p.