Economics in Action

An Easy Guide for Development Practitioners
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-81-321-1124-5
Verlag: Sage Publications India

Buch, Englisch, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 538 g

This book is a compendium on economics specially designed for development practitioners and civil-society activists who do not have formal training in the subject. It provides an understanding of microeconomics, knowledge of the macroeconomic environment and insights from the specialized area called development economics. Through separate chapters, it covers poverty, inequality, social and gender discrimination, and environmental impact.

Economics in Action provides the necessary knowledge to participants of public debates who do not have a background in economics and would like to reinforce their arguments and analyses with sound economic theory. It also carries specific tips on using economics in development practice and interventions. The author, in general, tries to relate the ideas and relationships described in economics with the real-world problems that we may encounter as part of our lives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Santhakumar, V.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Mikroökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Anurag Behar
Preface
I: INTRODUCTION
Why Should Development Practitioners Study Economics?
What Is Economics?
II: ANALYTICAL BOX OF ECONOMICS
Rational Choice Analysis of Individuals and Firms
Analysis of Markets
Situations Where Market Is Inadequate
Analysis of Strategies in Relationships
A Brief Understanding of Macro-Economic Environment
III: DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
Human Development
Economics of Growth: Part I
Economics of Growth: Part II
Economics of Underdevelopment: Part I
Economics of Underdevelopment: Part II
IV: ISSUES OF DISTRIBUTION AND SUSTAINABILITY
The Poor and Poverty
Inequality
An Economic Understanding of Social and Gender Discrimination
Economics of Environmental Impact
V: BEYOND INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS
The Role of Government
Government Failure and Non-Government Actions
Institutions and Development
Political Economy and Development
VI: ENABLING DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE
Using Economics for Development Interventions
Using Economics for Analysing and Designing Organizations and Rules
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Santhakumar, V.
V. Santhakumar is currently Professor, Azim Premji University, Bangalore. He had been a faculty, for 15 years (1996–2011), and is currently a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum. He worked as a full-time volunteer in a major non-governmental organisation called Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad. He completed doctoral research from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He has held postdoctoral scholarships at the Wageningen Agricultural University, Netherlands, and Vanderbilt University, United States.

V. Santhakumar has also carried out a number of consultant assignments for the Asian Development Bank, United Nations Environment Programme and United Nations Development Programme in different states of India, and in Tajikistan, Palestine, Laos and so on. He has received the research medal and the outstanding research award of the Global Development Network, during its initial years. He specialises in institutional issues of environment, natural resources, energy and infrastructure. In addition to publishing in international journals, he has authored Analysing Social Opposition to Reforms (2008), Economic Analysis of Institutions: A Practical Guide (2011) and Economics in Action: An Easy Guide for Development Practitioners (2013)—all published by SAGE India. He has also co-edited the two-volume series on Law and Economics (2013) published by SAGE India.