Global Development: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

By William Savitt

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874367743
• ISBN13: 9780874367744
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 369 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.5" x 6.5"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

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Global Development: A Reference Handbook

Savitt and Bottorf have done a valuable service for the discipline of development economics, first for compiling a comprehensive set of resources in the field and second for making it accessible to the beginner as well as to the expert.The authors offer a concise introduction to development, including its history and economic principles. Those with an interest in the role of women and development will not be disappointed with the treatment of issues in that area.Particularly valuable to the researcher are the reference sections, including a chronology, biographical sketches of some of the most notable figures in development, facts and statistics, organizations, an selected print and nonprint resources.This book is an excellent reference and an essential item on the shelf of every scholar - or nonscholar - who is interested in the plight of the poor throughout the world.