Essentials of Development Economics, 3rd Edition
by J. Edward Taylor and Travis J. Lybbert
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About the book
Written to provide students with the critical tools used in research and practice today in the lively field development economics,
Essentials of Development Economics represents an alternative approach to
traditional textbooks on the subject. Compact and less expensive than other textbooks for
undergraduate development economics courses, Essentials of Development Economics offers a
broad overview of key topics and methods in the field - that is, of the essentials. Its fourteen easy-to-read chapters introduce
cutting-edge research and present best practices and state-of-the-art methods. By mastering the material in this book, students
will have the conceptual grounding necessary to move on to higher-level development economics courses.
Authors:
Ed Taylor is Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Davis and Fellow of the AAEA and AAAS. His research focuses on modeling impacts of
development policies on households and local economies in poor countries, international migration, labor, and natural resource conservation.
Travis Lybbert is Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Davis and an affiliate of the Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley.
His research focuses on topics ranging from poverty dynamics, risk, innovation and technology adoption to nutrition, microfinance, and hope and aspirations.
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