Books
Whatever Happened to the Third World? looks into the question how successful development of some former Third World countries can be explained, while other developing countries have remained stagnant or worse, have deteriorated into failed states? The book examines how the right mix of policies and evolving insights in development economics have impacted certain countries with the progression from low-income to middle-income, and even high-income status. The challenges of low-income countries and fragile and failed states are elaborated as well. De Haan’s own experience in development aid is woven into the text, making this book important and entertaining reading for researchers, students of development economics, international trade and aid.
Whatever Happened to the Third World?
A History of the Economics of Development
Palgrave macmillan, London, 2020.
From Keynes to Piketty provides the reader with an accessible and entertaining insight into the development of economic thought over the past century. Starting with John Maynard Keynes‘s bestseller The Economic Consequences of Peace (1919), and ending with Thomas Piketty’s blockbuster Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2014), the author explains which dramatic political and economic events changed the way economists approach the discipline, and how they revolutionized the economic science.
The book contains biographies of Keynes, Schumpeter, Galbraith, Hayek, Friedman, Hirschman, North and Piketty, alongside others, and highlights their extraordinary lives and works, anecdotes about them, and their often sharp differences of opinion. Extensive summaries of their main works provide the interested reader with an accurate presentation of their contents. In short, a must-read for all who wonder what happened to economics during the past century and why.
From Keynes to Piketty; the Century that Shook up Economics
Palgrave macmillan London, 2016
From Keynes to Piketty; the Century that Shook up Economics
Chinese Edition
Xinhua
Bejing, 2017.
This essay depicts what happened during the past decade regarding freedom of expression and censorship in the world and tells the shocking story of some of its victims. The author demonstrates that there is a negative relationship between censorship and economic development: the more a regime clamps down on freedom of the media, the poorer its economic development.
Welfare economics pays attention to the role of culture in society: the promotion of culture adds to the well-being of citizens. In addition, culture also promotes -through its inspirational strength- innovation and, thus, a society’s economic development. Famous economists, writers, and philosophers have argued that there is also a relationship between freedom -including freedom of expression- and democracy.
This booklet also provides a long list of international organizations defending freedom of expression and freedom of the media, including information about what they do and how victims of censorship can be assisted by them.
Censorship Alert
Eva Tas Foundation, Pixel Perfect Publications
Amsterdam, 2016.
This book is a collection of articles published in Zambia's leading newspaper The Post, dealing with a wide range of topics. However, all of them have -one way or the other- to do with economic growth and development.
For anybody who is interested in the question why some countries are prosperous and many others are not, this book is a must read! It is written in a highly accessible style. The reader -and in particular students- will find the book very engaging and handy as the author
summarises sometimes fairly complex ideas in simple terms.
Has Africa Shed its 'Third World' Status?
And Other Thought-Provoking Essays
Lembani Trust
Lusaka, 2010.
Development in Hindsight gives an insight into major development issues, such as the contribution of aid to economic growth of developing countries and the effect of
globalization on the fight against poverty. It also considers the role of the state and the market in development and the institutional dimension of economic growth. All this in an up-to-date, highly
readable and entertaining manner. It is a must-read for students, development practitioners and for those interested in the development challenges of developing countries, especially in their fight against poverty.
Development in Hindsight
KIT Publishers
Amsterdam, 2006.
Development in Hindsight
Spanish Edition
Plural
La Paz, Bolivia, 2006.
This booklet appeared in in 1978 in the Royal Tropical Institute’s country documentation series.
It contains succinct information about the island group’s geography, history, economic sectors, and cultural aspects.
Fiji
Published by The Royal Tropical Institute
Amsterdam, 1978.