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Economics in Action
An Easy Guide for Development Practitioners
First Edition
- V. Santhakumar - Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India
September 2013 | 372 pages | SAGE India
This book is a compendium on economics specially designed for development practitioners and civil-society activists who do not have formal training in the subject. It provides an understanding of microeconomics, knowledge of the macroeconomic environment and insights from the specialized area called development economics. Through separate chapters, it covers poverty, inequality, social and gender discrimination, and environmental impact.
Economics in Action provides the necessary knowledge to participants of public debates who do not have a background in economics and would like to reinforce their arguments and analyses with sound economic theory. It also carries specific tips on using economics in development practice and interventions. The author, in general, tries to relate the ideas and relationships described in economics with the real-world problems that we may encounter as part of our lives.
Economics in Action provides the necessary knowledge to participants of public debates who do not have a background in economics and would like to reinforce their arguments and analyses with sound economic theory. It also carries specific tips on using economics in development practice and interventions. The author, in general, tries to relate the ideas and relationships described in economics with the real-world problems that we may encounter as part of our lives.
Anurag Behar
I: INTRODUCTION
II: ANALYTICAL BOX OF ECONOMICS
III: DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH
IV: ISSUES OF DISTRIBUTION AND SUSTAINABILITY
V: BEYOND INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS
VI: ENABLING DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE