Talk:Economic Development

There are two major subtopics to economic development. The one that is focused on here is the newer, as an area of study: it is concerned mainly with urban development, and, geographically, is concerned largely, although not exclusively, with places in the already-wealthy countries of the world -- the "first world." The second dates as a major area of study from the 1950s onward: it is about how to improve the lot of the "underdeveloped" nations of the world -- it looks at their transition from colonialism into the modern world economy, how they have fared, what they should do and what the rich nations should do to solve their problem of poverty.

The Deardorff definition is concerned with the second of these subject areas, but the whole rest of the "book" so far with the first. We need to clarify whether we are going to cover both subject areas or just one; and if both, balance things more. Ong saluri (talk) 04:16, 7 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I realized this as I was writing this that I am only focused on economic development as it has occurred in the United States. Shall I remove this information to say a new book called Economic Development of the United States Davumaya (talk) 01:23, 29 December 2009 (UTC)