Economic growth and development

• Other Authors: La Grandville, Olivier de
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011.
• Series: Frontiers of economics and globalization ; v. 11.
• Subjects: Business & Economics > Economic Conditions.; Economic growth.; Development economics.; Economic development.

Since the very beginnings of economics as a science, which might be dated from Ibn Khalduns Introduction to History (1377), the challenge of making societies escape from poverty and attain some degree of prosperity has always been, and will remain, a fundamental issue. It was and it is still recogni...