{"product_id":"contemporary-issues-in-development-economics-international-economic-association-series-9781137529732","title":"Contemporary Issues in Development Economics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTimothy Besley brings together a set of essays on themes relevant to the study of economic development written by leading authors. It covers a range of topics many of which are relevant to policy issues. In many cases, the authors bring new insights from empirical research in a range of economies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. World Economic Outlook And The Challenges To The UN Development Agenda Beyond 2015; Pingfan Hong \u003cbr\u003e2. Fiscal Policy, Income Redistribution And Poverty Reduction In Latin America: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru And Uruguay; Nora Lustig\u003cbr\u003e3. 'Small Miracles'—Behavioral Insights To Improve Development Policy: World Development Report 2015; Allison Demeritt And Karla Hoff\u003cbr\u003e4. Culture And Different Types Of Collective Action; Gerard Roland And Yang Xie\u003cbr\u003e5. Is Poverty In Africa Overestimated Because Of Poor Data?; Andrew Dabalen, Alvin Etang, Rose Mungai, Ayago Wambile And Waly Wane\u003cbr\u003e6. Filling Gaps When Poverty Data Are Missing: Updating Poverty Estimates Frequently With Different Data Sources In Jordan; Hai-Anh H. Dang, Peter F. Lanjouw, And Umar Serajuddin \u003cbr\u003e7. The Social Pension And Time Allocation In Poor South African Households; Vimal Ranchhod And Martin Wittenberg\u003cbr\u003e8. Assessing The Impact Of Social Grants On Inequality: A South African Case Study; Reinhard Schiel, Murray Leibbrandt And David Lam\u003cbr\u003e9. Speculative Capital Flows, Exchange Rate Volatility And Monetary Policy: South African Experience; Shakill Hassan\u003cbr\u003e10. Challenges Of Urbanisation In India; Isher Judge Ahluwalia \u003cbr\u003e11. Are Foreign Direct Investments In The Balkans Different?; Estrin, Saul And Milica Uvalic \u003cbr\u003e12. Time-Consistency And Dictator Punishment: Discretion Rather Than Rules?; Shaun Larcom, Mare Sarr And Tim Willems\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019444650327,"sku":"9781137529732","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781137529732.jpg?v=1750780289","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contemporary-issues-in-development-economics-international-economic-association-series-9781137529732","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}