Download or read book Economic Development written by Richard Grabowski and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an introduction to economic development in both an historical and contemporary, comparative, and systems framework. This volume authors analyzes the development process within the historical context of each region, and considers institutional inheritance from both the pre-colonial and colonial eras and in contemporary times.