The elusive quest for growth (Record no. 39009)
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| fixed length control field | 02599nam a2200361 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 338.9/009172/4 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Easterly, William, |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The elusive quest for growth |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Cambridge, Mass. : |
| Name of publisher | MIT Press, |
| Year of publication | c2001. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiii, 342 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Poor |
| Topical Term | Poverty |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10229607 |
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