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poverty
Human Development Index
composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income indices
economic development
process and policies to improve economic well-being
development economics
economics of developing economies
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
United Nations Commission for economic cooperation among its member states
world-systems theory
multidisciplinary, macro-scale approach to world history and social change that stresses that the world-system should be the primary unit of social analysis
dependency theory
notion that resources flow from a periphery of poor underdeveloped states to a core of wealthy states; contends that poor states are impoverished and rich ones enriched by the way poor states are integrated into the world system
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
United Nations Commission for economic cooperation among its member states
economic nationalism
ideology favoring policies that emphasize domestic control of the economy, labor, and capital formation
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
United Nations Commission for economic cooperation among its member states
import substitution industrialization
trade and economic policy
cycle of poverty
vicious cycle that reinforces poverty
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
government organization in New York, United States
bodily integrity
human right to personal autonomy, self-ownership, and self-determination
Our World in Data
website that presents data and statistics of socially relevant topics
middle income trap
economic development situation of a country that attains a certain income and gets stuck at that level
energy poverty
lack of access to modern energy services
human development
concept in economics regarding the variation of material conditions among people
basic needs
one of the major approaches to the measurement of absolute poverty in developing countries
development studies
multidisciplinary branch of social science which addresses issues of concern to developing countries
misery
state of extreme poverty, sadness or distress
Human Development Report
annual milestone published by the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme
structural adjustment
provision of loans by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to countries that experienced economic crises
development theory
theories about how desirable change in society is best achieved
capability approach
economic theory
Rostow's stages of growth
historical model of economic growth
informal waste collection
practice of salvaging reusable or recyclable materials thrown away by others
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
United Nations Commission for economic cooperation among its member states
financial repression
Singer–Prebisch thesis
Economic conjecture
periphery country
country with a less developed economy than semi-periphery and core countries
agricultural value chain
the whole range of goods and services necessary for an agricultural product to move from the farm to the final customer or consumer
Beijing Consensus
political and economic policies of China instituted by Deng Xiaoping an alternativeto the Washington Consensus of market-friendly policies
dual economy
the existence of two separate economic sectors within one country, divided by different levels of development, technology, and different patterns of demand
sustainability measurement
quantitative basis for the informed management of sustainability
pollution haven hypothesis
semi-periphery countries
industrializing countries which are positioned between the periphery and core countries
frontier market
type of developing country which is more developed than the least developing countries, but too small, risky, or illiquid to be generally considered an emerging market
measuring poverty
overview about the measure of poverty
Harris–Todaro model
economic model
licensed production
production under license of technology developed elsewhere
Development as Freedom
book by Amartya Sen
Enabel
Enabel is Belgium's federal development agency (formerly Coopération technique belge, CTB).
European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy
organization
Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress
convened by the French Government
Sustainability metrics and indices
measures of sustainability
Kaldor's growth laws
economic relationship between growth in manufacturing and growth of the broader economy
structuralist economics
approach to economics
Thirlwall's Law
economics model concerning balance of payments
Reverse innovation
macroeconomic concept
Lewis turning point
situation in economic development
Preston curve
Relationship in demographic economics