وصف الكتاب | In this fourth edition of his textbook E. Wayne Nafziger analyzes the economic development of Asia, Africa, Latin America, and East-Central Europe. This comprehensive and clearly written text explains the growth in real income per person and income disparities within and between developing countries. The author explains the reasons for the fast growth of Pacific Rim countries, Brazil, Poland, and (recently) India, and the increasing economic misery and degradation of large parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The book also examines China and other post-socialist economies as low- and middle-income countries, without, however, overshadowing the primary emphasis on the third world. The text is replete with real-world examples. The exposition emphasizes the themes of poverty, inequality, unemployment, the environment, and deficiencies of people in less developed countries. The guide to the readings, through bibliography, and websites with links to development resources makes the book useful for students writing research papers. |
عن المؤلف | E. Wayne Nafziger is University Distinguished Professor of Economics at Kansas State University. A noted authority on economic development, he is the author and editor of sixteen books, including the first three editions of this textbook, The Debt Crisis in Africa (1993) and the editor (with Frances Stewart and Raimo Vayrynen) of War, Hunger, and Displacement: The Origins of Humanitarian Emergencies, 2 volumes (2000). |