Emerging Issues in Economic Development: A Contemporary Theoretical Perspective

In recent times, developing countries across the world have focused on a market-driven approach to address their economic issues. While this has resulted in financial growth, it has also led to a spurt in systemic challenges in many nations. This volume explores the concerns faced by emerging economies from a present-day viewpoint, with in-depth analysis of key issues in economic development such as growth, market structure, poverty measurement, corruption, financial scams, voting behaviour, informal credit markets, and technology transfer, through the use of theoretical models. The chapters in this volume have been written in honour of Dipankar Dasgupta and Amitava Bose, two outstanding academicians and contributors to the field of economic theory. With contributions from leading theorists on topics ranging from democracy and development, to patent laws, and environmental concerns, this volume bridges the gap between empirical analysis and a theoretical understanding of emerging issues in economic development. Available in OSO: http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/economicsfinance/9780198099062/toc.html Contributors to this volume - Asis Kumar Banerjee, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, India; Hamid Beladi, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA; Kalyan Chatterjee, The Pennsylvania State University, USA; Sarbajit Chaudhuri, University of Calcutta, India; Prabal Roy Chowdhury, Indian Statistical Institute, India; Romar Correa, University of Mumbai, India; Krishnendu Ghosh Dastidar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India; Arijita Dutta, University of Calcutta, India; Bhaskar Dutta, University of Warwick, UK; Tarun Kabiraj, Indian Statistical Institute, India; Mukul Majumdar, Cornell University, USA; Indrajit Mallick, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta, India; Sugata Marjit, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta, India; Tapan Mitra, Cornell University, USA; Vivekananda Mukherjee, Jadavpur University, India; Anjan Mukherji, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi; Gordon Myers, Simon Fraser University, Canada; Meenakshi Rajeev, Institute for Social and Economic Change, India; Debraj Ray, New York University, USA; Dirk T.G. Rubbelke, Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Spain, and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Spain; Tilak Sanyal, Shibpur Dinobundhoo Institution, India; Abhirup Sarkar, Indian Statistical Institute, India; Abhijit Sengupta, University of Sydney, Australia; Seung Han Yoo, Korea University, Republic of Korea.