Irma Adelman
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Irma Glicman Adelman is an American economist. She is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the Graduate School of the University of California, Berkeley
since 1979. She has made important contributions in the field of development economics
. She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
in 1974.
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
since 1979. She has made important contributions in the field of development economics
Development economics
Development Economics is a branch of economics which deals with economic aspects of the development process in low-income countries. Its focus is not only on methods of promoting economic growth and structural change but also on improving the potential for the mass of the population, for example,...
. She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.James Bowdoin, John Adams, and...
in 1974.
Selected bibliography
- "Dynamic Properties of the Klein-Goldberger Model", with F.L. Adelman, 1959, Econometrica
- Theories of Economic Growth and Development, 1961.
- "An Econometric Analysis of Population Growth", 1963, AER.
- "Foreign Aid and Economic Development: The case of Greece", with H.B.Chenery, 1966, REStat.
- The Theory and Design of Economic Development, 1966.
- Society, Politics and Economic Development: a quantitative approach, with C.T. Morris, 1967.
- Economic Growth and Social Equity in Developing Countries, with C.T. Morris, 1973.
- "Strategies for Equitable Growth", 1974, Challenge
- "Development Economics: a reassessment of goals", 1975, AER.
- "Growth, Income Distribution and Equity-Oriented Development Strategies", 1975, World Development
- "Policies for Equitable Growth", with C.T. Morris, and S. Robinson, 1976, World Development
- Income Distribution Policy in Developing Countries: A case- study of Korea, with S. Robinson, 1977.
- "Growth and Impoverishment in the Middle of the 19th Century", with C.T. Morris, 1978, World Development
- Redistribution Before Growth: A strategy for developing countries. 1978.
- "Beyond Export-Led Growth", 1984, World Development
- "A Poverty-Focused Approach to Development Policy", 1986, in Lewis, editor, Development Strategies Reconsidered
- "Confessions of an Incurable Romantic", 1988, BNLQR.
- Comparative Patterns of Economic Development, 1850-1914, 1988
External links
- Irma Adelman at University of California at Berkeley
- Column archives at Project SyndicateProject SyndicateProject Syndicate is an international not-for-profit newspaper syndicate and association of newspapers. It distributes commentaries and analysis by experts, activists, Nobel laureates, statesmen, economists, political thinkers, business leaders and academics to its member publications, and...