The Development of Development Economics

Arne Bigsten ()

No 653, Working Papers in Economics from University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper discusses the historical roots of development economics and how it has changed over the last half century. We first identify the most important changes in orientation within development economics and discuss whether there are important areas that have been side-lined. Then we look at current work in development economics and discuss where the field should go in the future.

Keywords: development economics; review; methodology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B12 O11 O12 O13 O14 O15 O16 O17 O18 O19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2016-04, Revised 2017-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-evo, nep-his and nep-hpe
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