In den letzten Jahren haben sich viele Länder schnell entwickelt, andere scheinen in Armut zu versinken. Auch innerhalb von einzelnen Länder gibt es große Unterschiede zwischen Arm und Reich. Das Buch geht den Ursachen auf den Grund. Aus Sicht der Entwicklungsökonomik zeigt es Möglichkeiten auf, Entwicklung positiv zu beeinflussen und diskutiert zukünftige Herausforderungen
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Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Politikwissenschaft, ggf. Entwicklungspolitik
Editions-Typ
Maße
Höhe: 212 mm
Breite: 149 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-3-8252-5120-8 (9783825251208)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Autor*in
ETH Zürich
Isabel Günther has been Professor of Development Economics and director of NADEL since July 2014. From October 2008 to June 2014 she was acting as Assistant Professor for Development Economics at ETH Zürich. She had previously been research associate at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Göttingen for three years and at the Harvard School of Public Health for one year. Her main research interest is in empirical microeconomics with a particular focus on measurement of poverty and inequality, population economics, technologies and policies for poverty reduction, and effectiveness of development aid. Isabel Günther has carried out most of her research in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa.
ETH Zürich
Kenneth Harttgen works at the Nadel since October 2011. He holds a Ph.D. from Göttingen University, where he also worked as a Post-Doc for the last 3 years. Since 2007, he has worked for several international Organizations as consultant, among others for FAO, UNDP, UNIFEM, UNESCO, and the World Bank as consultant. His main research interest is in empirical microeconomics, poverty, inequality and population dynamics in developing countries.
Universität Zürich
Prof. Dr. Katharina Michaelowa lehrt am Institut für Politikwissenschaften an der Universität Zürich.
