LEADER 04245nam 22005895 450 001 9910254889403321 005 20200702231105.0 010 $a1-137-52974-1 024 7 $a10.1057/9781137529749 035 $a(CKB)3710000000653594 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001654658 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16435188 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001654658 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14983789 035 $a(PQKB)10688976 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-52974-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4720129 035 $a(PPN)224018043 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000653594 100 $a20160224d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aContemporary Issues in Development Economics$b[electronic resource] /$fby Timothy Besley 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (XVI, 211 p.) 225 1 $aInternational Economic Association Series,$x2662-6330 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-137-52973-3 311 $a1-137-57944-7 327 $aMachine generated contents note: -- 1. World Economic Outlook And The Challenges To The UN Development Agenda Beyond 2015; Pingfan Hong -- 2. Fiscal Policy, Income Redistribution And Poverty Reduction In Latin America: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru And Uruguay; Nora Lustig -- 3. 'Small Miracles'â[Euro]"Behavioral Insights To Improve Development Policy: World Development Report 2015; Allison Demeritt And Karla Hoff -- 4. Culture And Different Types Of Collective Action; Gerard Roland And Yang Xie -- 5. Is Poverty In Africa Overestimated Because Of Poor Data?; Andrew Dabalen, Alvin Etang, Rose Mungai, Ayago Wambile And Waly Wane -- 6. Filling Gaps When Poverty Data Are Missing: Updating Poverty Estimates Frequently With Different Data Sources In Jordan; Hai-Anh H. Dang, Peter F. Lanjouw, And Umar Serajuddin -- 7. The Social Pension And Time Allocation In Poor South African Households; Vimal Ranchhod And Martin Wittenberg -- 8. Assessing The Impact Of Social Grants On Inequality: A South African Case Study; Reinhard Schiel, Murray Leibbrandt And David Lam -- 9. Speculative Capital Flows, Exchange Rate Volatility And Monetary Policy: South African Experience; Shakill Hassan -- 10. Challenges Of Urbanisation In India; Isher Judge Ahluwalia -- 11. Are Foreign Direct Investments In The Balkans Different?; Estrin, Saul And Milica Uvalic -- 12. Time-Consistency And Dictator Punishment: Discretion Rather Than Rules?; Shaun Larcom, Mare Sarr And Tim Willems. 330 $aThis IEA volume brings together a set of essays written by leading authors on themes relevant to the study of economic development. The book covers a range of topics many of which are relevant to policy issues. The contributors bring new insights from empirical research in a range of economies with chapters including discussions of the UN development agenda, fiscal policy in Latin America, poverty data in Africa and Jordan, and monetary policy in South Africa. Contemporary Issues in Development Economics is an essential read for researchers, scholars and policymakers interested in economic development in low- and middle-income countries. 410 0$aInternational Economic Association Series,$x2662-6330 606 $aInternational economics 606 $aDevelopment economics 606 $aInternational Economics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W33000 606 $aDevelopment Economics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W42000 615 0$aInternational economics. 615 0$aDevelopment economics. 615 14$aInternational Economics. 615 24$aDevelopment Economics. 676 $a338.9 686 $aBUS068000$aBUS069000$aBUS069020$2bisacsh 700 $aBesley$b Timothy$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0119796 702 $aBesley$b Timothy 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254889403321 996 $aContemporary Issues in Development Economics$92127170 997 $aUNINA