Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

This course will examine the process of economic development primarily at the nation level throughout the world. Students will study important theories of development and will be expected to apply these to writing and research on a specific country. The course will attempt to address some important issues related to economic development measurement, economic growth and income inequality and poverty, the difference between economic growth and economic development, population growth and economic development, education and health and economic development, international trade and economic development.

. Students are expected to research and select a book that deals with one of the “Development” issues covered in class.

Guidelines: (You must follow this guideline for credits)

A full book review may concern only one book. Its length is about 1700-2000 words. It should give readers an engaging, informative, and critical discussion of the work. The review should follow the Guidelines below.

The review should consider (please use as your outline):

The intended audience for the book and who would find it useful
The background of the author(s)
The main ideas and major objectives of the book and how effectively these are accomplished
The context or impetus for the book – – political controversy, implications of the book for research, policy, practice, or theory
A comparison with other works on this subject
Constructive comments about the strength and weaknesses of the book

The front page of your review should include:

Your first and last name
Your student id
Author(s) or editor(s) first and last name(s) (please indicate if it is an edited book)
Title of book
Year of publication
Place of publication
Publisher
Number of pages
Price (please indicate paperback or hard cover) if available
ISBN

You Should consider following economic theories we discussed in class

Absolute poverty

Functional distribution of income

Gini coefficient

Headcount index

Kuznets curve

Income inequality

Multidimensional poverty index (MPI)

Total poverty gap (TPG)

Gross national income (GNI)

Income per capita

Institutions

Less developed countries (LDCs)

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

More developed countries (MDCs)

Subsistence economy

Purchasing power parity (PPP)

Research and development (R&D)

Newly industrializing countries (NICs)

Gross domestic product (GDP)

Gross national income (GNI)

Human capital

Human Development Index (HDI)

Harrod-Domar growth model

Lewis two-sector model

Marginal product

Market failure

Solow neoclassical growth model

Stages-of-growth model of development

Structural-change theory

Structural transformation

Sufficient condition

Surplus labor

Underdevelopment

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The are many other books that have focused have focused on Economics as a field, but this book takes a shift in that it covers the topic of “Dead Aid” and how it doesn’t seem to be benefitting Africa. After reading this book there is no doubt that a lot of issues will become clearer. This book by a leading expert in the field of economics which aims at making Africans rise up and find better ways that they can growth their countries……

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