Development Macroeconomics: Fourth Edition

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The global financial crisis triggered severe shocks for developing countries, whose embrace of greater commercial and financial openness has increased their exposure to external shocks, both real and financial. This new edition of Development Macroeconomics has been fully revised to address the more open and less stable environment in which develop

Pierre-Richard Agenor is the Hallsworth Professor of International Macroeconomics and Development Economics at the University of Manchester. Peter J. Montiel is the Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. '41 Professor of Economics at Williams College.

Praise for the previous edition: "Since the second edition of this text was published in 1999, both the field of development economics and developing economies themselves have undergone substantial change. Agenor and Montiel have added considerable new material to this third edition, most notably dealing with issues that have risen to prominence in the last decade... This comprehensive treatment of development from a macroeconomic perspective is an indispensable reference for graduate students and faculty."--Choice Praise for the previous edition: "Since its first edition, the book has remained the definitive text on the macroeconomics of developing countries. In this third edition, the authors try to cover the latest advances in this rapidly changing field, making the book the most comprehensive source on the subject."--Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and Environment