Development Economics

Shahrukh Rafi Khan is currently Research Associate at Mount Holyoke College, USA. He formerly served as executive director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad. He has also formerly taught at the University of Utah and Vassar College and served as Copeland Fellow at Amherst College. He has published extensively in refereed journals and authored and edited numerous books. He has twice won The Akhtar Hameed Khan book prize and engaged in academic consulting for several international organizations.

• Part I: Background1: Introduction2: Data and their use in development economics3: Commonalities and differences among low and low middle income countries4: Poverty, inequality and some proposed solutionsPart II: Key approaches to economic development and the middle income trap5: Classical and radical antecedents of development economics6: Developmentalists and developmentalism7: Neo-Marxism, structuralism and dependency theory8: Neoliberalism and its critics9: New developmentalism: industrial policy, policy space and premature deindustrialization debates10: Is there a middle income trap?Part III: How key approaches play into some key debates11: Debates on foreign aid12: Debates on foreign direct investment13: Debates on agriculture/sustainable agriculture14: Debates on technology and addressing environmental problems/green industrial policyPart IV: Conclusion15: Catch-up growth: finding a trigger

"The book offers a very easy and good read for beginners and the seminary questions at the end of each chapter represent a useful tool for academic tutors at university level."- Mohammad Alsaghir, Markfield Institute of Higher Education, UK "Dr. Shahrukh Khan's new textbook is a fantastic book for teachers and students trying to get into the field of development economics. [...] What sets this work apart is the centrality it places on covering all of the diversity in the field of development economics. From neo-Marxists to neo-liberals and everything in between, the book honors and critiques the value of each approach to understanding development. The book is easily read, engaging, and perfect for anyone looking to teach an intro to development class." - Sidney Michelini, New Books in Economics Podcast on the New Books Network (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shahrukh-khan-development-economics-critical-introduction/id425187524)