Format:
XIII, 226 S. : graph. Darst.
ISBN:
1-85898-059-3
Content:
Today the gap between rich and poor nations is larger than it has ever been in recorded history. Yet the economic hegemony of Europe was unanticipated in the fifteenth century when Europeans seemed no more advanced than their eastern counterparts
Content:
This distinguished collection of papers places present development problems in historical perspective, drawing on European experience to show what characterized the growth of the world's first industrialized continent
Content:
Topics discussed in this volume include the influence of late fertility on economic development, the roots of Latin American backwardness, economic growth in Central and Eastern Europe since 1870, macroeconomic populism and economic failure in Africa since 1960, trade and exchange rate liberalization, and the impact of technology and capital market development in a divided world
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
,
Political Science
Keywords:
Nord-Süd-Konflikt
;
Wirtschaftskrise
;
Wirtschaftspolitik
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
Author information:
Aldcroft, Derek Howard 1936-
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