Essentials of Development Economics represents an alternative approach to traditional textbooks on the subject. Compact and less expensive than other textbooks for undergraduate development economics courses, Essentials of Development Economics offers a broad overview of key topics and methods in the field. Its fourteen easy-to-read chapters introduce cutting-edge research and present best practices and state-of-the-art methods. Each chapter concludes with an embedded QR code that connects readers to ancillary audiovisual materials and supplemental readings on a website curated by the authors. By mastering the material in this book, students will have the conceptual grounding needed to move on to higher-level development economics courses.
"Essentials of Development Economics emphasizes the substantive over the technical, presenting a broad overview of key topics in language that is accessible to students who have a limited background in economics and mathematics. I have been looking for a book like this for years." - Aashish Mehta, Associate Professor of Global and International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara