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This chapter examines:
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influential theories of economic development;
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reasons why some countries — and regions — have developed, but not others; and
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the reasons for debt and financial crises in the developing world from the 1980s.
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Sen, G. (2005). The Political Economy of Development. In: Haynes, J. (eds) Palgrave Advances in Development Studies. Palgrave Advances. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230502864_5
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