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The Baobab and the Mango Tree: Lessons about Development - African and Asian Contrasts
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ISBN13: 9781856498104
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: Oct 1 2000
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This is a book dealing with the big questions about development:
- What is development?- Can Third World countries ever hope to 'catch up'?
- Can a development path be found that avoids indefinite impoverishment on the one hand, and environmental destruction on the other?
- What is the relationship, if any, between economic growth and political development?
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