Summary table of views in development economics
This is a summary table of views on development economics.
Table
The "Background beliefs" group of columns gather some relevant background beliefs and assumptions. Roughly, they give a lens through which to view development economics.
The "Level of emphasis on explanations for differential growth" group of columns together respond to questions like:
- Has growth failed?
- Why has growth failed?
- What must poor countries do to achieve growth?
- Why are poor people poor?
- Do the poor get poorer?
| View | Major works that discuss development economics | Background beliefs | Level of emphasis on explanations for differential growth | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population ethics stance | Level of statism | Moral obligation to help the poor | Immigration restrictions stance | IQ | Geography | Governance | Education | Respect for private property | ||
| Jeffrey Sachs | The End of Poverty (2005) | Large emphasisFrom Poor Economics: "Jeffrey Sachs, adviser to the United Nations, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York City, and one such expert, has an answer to all these questions: Poor countries are poor because they are hot, infertile, malaria infested, often landlocked; this makes it hard for them to be productive without an initial large investment to help them deal with these endemic problems. But they cannot pay for the investments precisely because they are poor—they are in what economists call a 'poverty trap.' Until something is done about these problems, neither free markets nor democracy will do very much for them." | ||||||||
| William Easterly | The Elusive Quest for Growth (2001), The White Man's Burden | |||||||||
| Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo | Poor Economics (2011) | |||||||||
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| Garett Jones | Hive Mind (2015) | |||||||||
| Richard Lynn, Tatu Vanhanen | IQ and the Wealth of Nations (2002), IQ and Global Inequality (2006) | |||||||||
| Dambisa Moyo | Dead Aid (2009) | |||||||||
| Chris Blattman | Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". | |||||||||
| Michael Kremer | ||||||||||
| GiveWell | The GiveWell BlogScript error: No such module "citation/CS1". | Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". | ||||||||
Meta information
Funding information for this timeline is available.
See also
External links
- Timeline of poverty studies (incomplete)
References
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