Frontiers of Development Economics: The Future in Perspective

With contributions from 35 leading economists, this forward-looking book explores the future of development economics against the background of the past half-century of development thought and practice. Outstanding representatives of the past two generations of development economists assess development thinking at the turn of the century and look to the unsettled questions confronting the next generation.

The volume offers a thorough analysis of the broad range of issues involved in dev…