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    Development: A Very Short Introduction
    Development: A Very Short Introduction
    Development: A Very Short Introduction
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    Development: A Very Short Introduction

    Written by Ian Goldin

    Narrated by Walter Dixon

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    What do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments, and the international community foster development?

    The process by which nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has been the subject of extensive examination for hundreds of years. The notion of development itself has evolved from an original preoccupation with incomes and economic growth to a much broader understanding of development.

    In this Very Short Introduction Ian Goldin considers the contributions that education, health, gender, equity, and other dimensions of human well-being make to development, and discusses why it is also necessary to include the role of institutions and the rule of law as well as sustainability and environmental concerns.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJul 24, 2018
    ISBN9781541446625
    Development: A Very Short Introduction
    Author

    Ian Goldin

    Ian Goldin is Director of the Oxford Martin School and Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford. He was Vice President of the World Bank and prior to that the Bank's Director of Development Policy. From 1996 to 2001 he was Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, and also served as an advisor to President Nelson Mandela. He has been knighted by the French government and is an acclaimed author of 20 books, including Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World, Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years, and Age of Discovery: Navigating the Risks and Rewards of our Second Renaissance.

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