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1994 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Development and Standard of Living

Author : Alexandre Rands Barros

Published in: Market Forces and World Development

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK

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An enormous effort is made in economic theory to understand the process of economic development. The dramatic disparities in standards of living among nations is a major concern for researchers, while the fact that such disparities have not tended to decrease is an even more disturbing problem, which economists struggle to understand.

Metadata
Title
Development and Standard of Living
Author
Alexandre Rands Barros
Copyright Year
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23138-6_6