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Development: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) Kindle Edition

by Ian Goldin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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What do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments and the international community foster development?

The process by which nations escape poverty and achieve economic and social progress has been the subject of extensive examination for hundreds of years.The notion of development itself has evolved from an original preoccupation with incomes and economic growth to a much broader understanding of development.

In this Very Short Introduction Ian Goldin considers the contributions that education, health, gender, equity, and other dimensions of human well-being make to development, and discusses why it is also necessary to include the role of institutions and the rule of law as well as sustainability and environmental concerns.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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"Succinct, highly readable, and reasoned."

-- "Jeffrey Sachs, Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General"

About the Author

Ian Goldin is Director of the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford and Professor of Globalization and Development. He has been nominated Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum.

Walter Dixon is a winner of Audible's "#1 Editor's Choice and Customer Favorites" award. He has narrated more than 200 audiobooks; performed in musical theater, drama and opera productions, and professional stand-up comedy; and voiced commercials, corporate videos, animated features, and vintage radio dramas.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B077TNZM12
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ OUP Oxford (March 12, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 12, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2798 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 214 pages
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Ian Goldin is Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford, Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford University, was the founding Director of Oxford University’s Oxford Martin School, and leads its research programmes on Technological and Economic Change, Future of Work and Future of Development.

He has an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a MA and Doctorate from the University of Oxford.

From 1996 to 2001, he was chief executive and managing director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and at that time also served as an adviser to President Nelson Mandela.

From 2001 to 2006 Ian was Vice President of the World Bank and the Group’s Director of Policy and Special Representative at the United Nations. Previously, Ian served as Principal Economist at the EBRD and the Director of Programmes at the OECD Development Centre.

He has been knighted by the French Government and received numerous awards. He has published over 60 journal articles and 23 books. His most recent is Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World. His previous books include Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years, Age of Discovery: Navigating the Storms of Our Second Renaissance and The Butterfly Defect: Why Globalization Creates Systemic Risks and What to Do, in which he predicted that a pandemic was the most likely cause of the next financial crisis. Other books include Development: A Very Short Introduction; and Is the Planet Full?. He has authored and presented three BBC Documentary Series After The Crash; Will AI Kill Development? and The Pandemic that Changed the World. He has provided advisory services to the IMF, UN, EU, OECD and has served as a non-executive Director on six globally listed companies. Ian is an acclaimed speaker at TED, Google Zeitgeist, WEF and other meetings and is Chair of the core-econ.org initiative to transform economics.

His twitter address is @ian_goldin and website https://iangoldin.org/.

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3.0 out of 5 stars development as multi-dimensional
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2018
In this small book, the author tries to make clear that the idea of development is not confined to economic growth. However, while development cannot be reduced to economic growth only, economic growth is often necessary to facilitate development. Without economic growth there are insufficient resources to invest in education, health, infrastructure, and the other foundations of development.

Needless to say, development has to be people-centred, that is human development. ‘The concept of human development takes the insights of the basic needs approach and adds the concept of well-being and capabilities.’ (P.10) This widening and deepening of development analysis owes much to Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach to development. Development per se should enhance human freedoms and capabilities to achieve valuable ends. For Sen, this is what is implied in the quest for ‘development as freedom’.

Written in plain and non-technical language, the book is informative and easy to read. However, the treatment of the topic is a bit superficial.
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Chaz
2.0 out of 5 stars Not great for anyone VSI
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2024
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He needs to pick whether he wants to entertain every competing idea and every facet of history, or if we wants to write an "introduction". Not enough examples, way too much discussion of economic/historical thought.

Read the Industrial Revolution VSI instead.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Arrived clean and in good conditions.
Reviewed in Canada on October 30, 2021
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The physical quality of the actual book is good.
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Helping me in my study. Clear straight to the point.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well written, up-to-date and interesting
Reviewed in Canada on April 20, 2018
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Quite broad in scope, but non the less sufficiently detailed. This was an informative and entertaining read. Learned a few facts and appreciated the author’s balanced approach.
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