Development is not a purely economic phenomenon; it also has a strong sociological element. The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change explores how economic socio-cultural and political aspects of human progress have been studied since the time of Adam Smith. Surveying narratives of howdevelopment occurs, from early evolutionary models to recent types of development theory, it outlines the main long-term changes in how socioeconomic development has been envisaged through time.The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change presents the argument that socioeconomic development emerged with the creation of grand evolutionary sequences of social progress that were the products of Enlightenment and mid-Victorian thinkers. By the middle of the twentieth century, when interest inaccelerating development gave the topic a new impetus its scope narrowed to a set of economically based strategies. After 1960, however, faith in such strategies began to wane, in the face of indifferent results and a general faltering of confidence in economists' boasts of scientific expertise. Inthe twenty first century, development research is being pursued using research methods that generate disconnected results. As a result, it seems unlikely that any grand narrative will be created in the future and that Neo-liberalism will be the last of this particular kind of socioeconomic theory.With a broad scope of content and clear exposition of academic thinking this book guides the reader through the way in which the policy adopted as a consequence of modern theories has been less effective because of the neglect or a misunderstanding of the social context within which theyoperate.

The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change (Critical Frontiers of Theory, Research, and Policy in International Development Studies)

Toye, John

Parenting & Relationships

Oxford University Press

Keynes on Population publishes two of John Maynard Keynes's manuscripts omitted from the Collected Writings: his Cambridge lectures on population and 1914 Oxford lecture on Population. It provides a detailed commentary on the text of Population and discusses the extent of Keynes's engagement with the Social Darwinist doctrine of the rapid multiplication of the unfit and with eugenics. It then traces the subsequent vicissitudes of his views on population.

Keynes on Population

Business & Money

Economics

Development is not a purely economic phenomenon; it also has a strong sociological element. The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change explores how economic socio-cultural and political aspects of human progress have been studied since the time of Adam Smith. Surveying narratives of how development occurs, from early evolutionary models to recent types of development theory, it outlines the main long-term changes in how socioeconomic development has been envisaged through time. The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change presents the argument that socioeconomic development emerged with the creation of grand evolutionary sequences of social progress that were the products of Enlightenment and mid-Victorian thinkers. By the middle of the twentieth century, when interest in accelerating development gave the topic a new impetus its scope narrowed to a set of economically based strategies. After 1960, however, faith in such strategies began to wane, in the face of indifferent results and a general faltering of confidence in economists' boasts of scientific expertise. In the twenty first century, development research is being pursued using research methods that generate disconnected results. As a result, it seems unlikely that any grand narrative will be created in the future and that Neo-liberalism will be the last of this particular kind of socioeconomic theory. With a broad scope of content and clear exposition of academic thinking this book guides the reader through the way in which the policy adopted as a consequence of modern theories has been less effective because of the neglect or a misunderstanding of the social context within which they operate.

The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change

Against the backdrop of a 20-year revolt against free trade orthodoxy by economists inside the UN and their impact on policy discussions since the 1960s, the authors show how the UN both nurtured and inhibited creative and novel intellectual contributions to the trade and development debate. Presenting a stirring account of the main UN actors in this debate, The UN and Global Political Economy focuses on the accomplishments and struggles of UN economists and the role played by such UN agencies as the Department of Economic (and Social) Affairs, the United Nations Commission on Trade and Development, and the Economic Commission for Latin America (and the Caribbean). It also looks closely at the effects of the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s, the growing strength of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the 1990s, and the lessons to be drawn from these and other recent developments.

The UN and Global Political Economy: Trade, Finance, and Development (United Nations Intellectual History Project Series)

Toye, Richard

International

Indiana University Press

Against the backdrop of a 20-year revolt against free trade orthodoxy by economists inside the UN and their impact on policy discussions since the 1960s, the authors show how the UN both nurtured and inhibited creative and novel intellectual contributions to the trade and development debate. Presenting a stirring account of the main UN actors in this debate, The UN and Global Political Economy focuses on the accomplishments and struggles of UN economists and the role played by such UN agencies as the Department of Economic (and Social) Affairs, the United Nations Commission on Trade and Development, and the Economic Commission for Latin America (and the Caribbean). It also looks closely at the effects of the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s, the growing strength of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the 1990s, and the lessons to be drawn from these and other recent developments.

The Un and Global Political Economy: Trade, Finance, and Development (United Nations Intellectual History Project Series)

Toye, J. F. J.

The global recession of the early 1980s prompted a revolution in aid policy. The major aid organizations, and The World Bank in particular, increasingly made aid payments conditional on changes in policy generally of a type that reduced the level of government intervention in the economy. "Aid and Power" considers the impact of this on the relationship between donor organizations and developing countries, concentrating on the delicate bargaining stage that is now the focus of the aid process. It also examines whether policies which The World Bank has promoted have been a success. Volume 1 is arranged theoretically. It looks at the factors which shaped structural adjustment lending and considers the essential features of the bargaining process at its heart. Criteria for the assessment of the success and failure of programmes are developed and it looks at the results of policy-based lending across a wide range of countries. It concludes with some policy recommendations. Volume 2 contains the results of nine major case studies, involving countries in three continents. It is apparent that individual countries' experience of structural adjustment is unique.  This work should be of interest to lecturers and students of development economics, international relations and the politics of development.

Aid and Power: The World Bank and Policy-Based Lending : Analysis and Policy Proposals

Mosley, Paul

Harrigan, Jane

Routledge

Aid and Power - Vol 1: The World Bank and Policy Based Lending

When the major aid organizations made flows of aid conditional on changes in policy, they prompted an extensive debate in development circles. Aid and Power has made one of the most significant and influential contributions to that debate. This edition has been revised to take account of changes within the World Bank itself and the extension of policy based lending to the formerly socialist economies of east and central Europe.

This revised edition of Aid and Power takes account of the changes within the World Bank and the extension of policy based lending to the formerly socialist economies of east and central Europe.

Does Aid Work in India?

Much about India's economy and aid flows has changed in the last two decades. India's growth rate has quickened since economic liberalisation, the poverty head count has fallen and the volume and composition of its aid have changed as new issues of climate change and the environment have emerged..Yet Does Aid Work in India?, first published in 1990, remains of great interest as a study of aid effectiveness in India's pre-liberalisation era. It identifies those sectors where aid-funded interventions succeeded, and where they failed. It explains how India avoided problems of aid dependence, and managed the political tensions that are associated with aid policy dialogue. More generally, it contains a useful commentary on and criticism of donors' aid evaluation procedures at that time and it highlights donor efforts in the difficult area of institution building. Despite the passage of time, many of the insights from India's earlier experience remain highly relevant to key issues of development assistance today.

Does Aid Work in India?: A Country Study of the Impact of Official Development Assistance

Lipton, Michael

Reference

Taxation and Economic Development

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The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change (Critical Frontiers of Theory, Research, and Policy in International Development Studies)

Keynes on Population

The Many Faces of Socioeconomic Change

The UN and Global Political Economy: Trade, Finance, and Development (United Nations Intellectual History Project Series)

The Un and Global Political Economy: Trade, Finance, and Development (United Nations Intellectual History Project Series)

Aid and Power: The World Bank and Policy-Based Lending : Analysis and Policy Proposals

Aid and Power - Vol 1: The World Bank and Policy Based Lending

Aid and Power - Vol 1: The World Bank and Policy Based Lending

Does Aid Work in India?: A Country Study of the Impact of Official Development Assistance

Taxation and Economic Development