Handbook of Development Economics: Volume 5 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780444529442)

What guidance does academic research really provide to economic policy development? The critical and analytical surveys in this volume investigate links between policies and outcomes by surveying work from broad macroeconomic policies to interventions in microfinance. Asserting that there are no universal correspondences between policies and outcomes, contributors demonstrate instead that only an intense familiarity with the development context and the universe of applicable economic models can generate successful policies. Getting cause-and-effect right is essential for policy design and implementation. With the goal of drawing researchers and policy makers closer, this volume highlights our increasing understanding of ways to combine economic theorizing with careful, thoughtful empirical work.

Author: Dani Rodrick
ISBN-10: 0444529446
ISBN-13: 9780444529442
Publisher: North-Holland
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2009
Pages: 1072
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 5.15lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.20w x 2.70d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Supplements 11/15/2008 pg. 62