Development Microeconomics / Edition 1

by Pranab Bardhan, Christopher Udry

Overview

Development Microeconomics is the first in a series of books which looks at the entire spectrum of development economics issues and combines the strengths of conventional developmental thought with the insights of contemporary mainstream economics. The main new conceptual tool used is the application of the theory of imperfect information and the effects this has on the behavior of economic agents. This book is designed specifically for graduate students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198773719
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/24/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 6.34(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Pranab Bardhan is currently Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley. He has previously been Professor of Economics at the Delhi School of Economics and at the Indian Statistical Institute in New Delhi.

Christopher Udry is Professor of Economics at the Economic Growth Center in Yale University.

Table of Contents

IntroductionHousehold EconomicsPopulationFragmented Markets: LabourMigrationRural Land MarketFragmented Credit MarketsRisk and Insurance in an Agricultural EconomyInterlinkage of Transactions and Rural DevelopmentHuman Capital and Income DistributionPoverty Alleviation: Efficiency and Equity IssuesTechnological Progress and LearningEnvironment and DevelopmentTrade and DevelopmentThe Dual EconomyIntersectoral Complementarities and Coordination FailuresInstitutional Economics and the State in Economic Development