Economic Development at the Community Level: Creating Local Wealth and Resilience in Developing Countries - Rilegato

Miller, Mark

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ISBN 10: 0367204703 ISBN 13: 9780367204709

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2020

Riassunto

How do we create more economic opportunities in the low-income communities of the developing world? How can these communities build greater resilience against economic uncertainties, natural disasters, wars, and the growing threats of climate change? This book reviews the research literature of economic development in low-income communities of the developing world―from rural villages to neighborhoods in the largest cities on earth.

This book is unique in gathering, organizing, and synthesizing research on economic development at the community level, across the developing world, drawing from multiple disciplines, publications, methodologies, regions, and countries. Part I provides an overview and context of the many challenges facing the developing world today, as well as the often-heated debates over what "development" is and how to make it happen. Part II reviews the extensive research literature in major fields of community economic development including education and human capital, overcoming the "curse of natural resources," entrepreneurship and micro-finance, tourism, and sustainability.

The audience includes undergraduate students interested in development and sustainability, graduate students and other young researchers in a wide range of disciplines who are finding their own focuses, and established researchers who wish to expand their agendas. An expanded bibliography accompanies the book as a downloadable supplement.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Mark M. Miller is a Professor of Geography; School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences (BEES); the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. His professional and research interests in economic development for low-income communities have included Mississippi and the Gulf South, Arizona, Nunavut, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Jamaica, and Cuba.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0367204703
• ISBN 13: 9780367204709
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 308
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania