Labour Markets, Poverty, and Development

Perhaps the largest problem facing the world at the turn of the millennium is the increasing gap between developed and developing world. Labour, Poverty, and Development provides rigorous economic analysis with the necessary theoretical underpinnings, detailing the causes, effects, and implications of the current situation in the developing world. Bringing together some of the world's foremost experts on development, the volume concentrates on three main areas: the relationship between employment, growth, and trade; the growth of urban labour; and the position in rural areas. Throughout, the emphasis is on the links between the `macro' and the `micro': the wider trends and the functionings of the narrower markets.