Raghbendra Jha

Macroeconomics for Developing Countries

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensively revised and updated edition develops the themes contained in the first edition. Students and teachers who are familiar with the book will notice that half of the chapters are entirely new, with the other half having changed significantly to take into account the changes that have occurred in the global economy since the turn of the millennium. With questions for discussion and excellent use of case studies, the book covers such themes as: *standard closed and open macroeconomic models *a full evaluation of the post-Washington consensus model *IMF stabilization programs and their effects on developing economies *the pressing problems of indebtedness *financial sector reforms in developing countries This informative, accessible and lucid textbook is the ideal accompaniment for students of development economics and it will prove popular with lecturers and academics alike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 510
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 156mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 757g
• ISBN-13: 9780415262149
• ISBN-10: 0415262143
• Artikelnr.: 21533078

Autorenporträt

Raghbendra Jha

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the second edition, Preface to the fist edition Part I: The
Basic Macroeconomic Framework 1. Macroeconomic problems of developing
countries 2. National accounts and the macroeconomy 3. The basic IS-LM-AS
model in the closed economy 4. The process of money creation and the demand
for money 5. Macroeconomic policy in an open economy 6. Current account and
asset demand approaches to balance of payments Part 2: Macroeconomic Models
of Developing Countries 7. IMF type macro models for developing countries
8. A structuralist macros model for developing countries 9. Dualistic
models of output and inflation in developing countries 10. Growth, theory
and developing country macroeconomics Part 3: Policy Dilemmas faced by
Developing Countries 11. An evaluation of the IMF programs in developing
countries 12. Macroeconomic dimensions of fiscal policy in developing
countries 13. The inflation rate and seignorage 14. The problem of
indebtedness of HIPC countries 15. The exchange rate issues in developing
countries Part 4: Issues in Developing Country Macroeconomics 16. Financial
market liberalization and economic growth in developing countries 17. The
international financial architecture and developing countries 18. A final
word, Bibliography, Name index, Subject Index