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<p>Overview.- Overlapping-Generations Model of Economic Growth.- Fiscal Policy.- Schooling and Fertility.- A Complete One-Sector Neoclassical Growth Model.- Two Sector Growth Models.- Wage and Fertility Gaps in Dual Economies.- Physical Capital in Dual Economies.- A Complete Dual Economy.- Government Debt.- Growth Slowdown.- Conclusion.</p>

<p>Sibabrata Das has received his Ph. D. in Economics from University of Sussex, U.K.;&nbsp;and M.A. from Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.&nbsp;Dr. Das has taught graduate courses in statistics, econometrics, microeconomics and development economics, at North Bengal University, Vidyasagar University, and Burdwan University, in India. As a research economist for the Ghana macroeconomic team at the World Bank, he has worked on macroeconomic modeling, and projections for various policy papers and country operations projects. As a member of &nbsp;the country teams, Dr. Das has also actively participated in World Bank-IMF country missions in Ghana, Angola, and Grenada. As a staff member he has contributed to several of the World Bank-IMF publications over the years. Currently, at the International Monetary Fund, he works on various &nbsp;cross-country projects on growth, economic development, and important policy issues across the countries and regions of the world.</p><p>Alex Mourmouras<strong>&nbsp;</strong>is division chief in the Asia and Pacific department of the IMF where he has served as mission chief for Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia. He was previously division chief in the IMF Institute for Capacity Development and economist in the Fund’s Policy Development and Review and Fiscal Affairs Departments.&nbsp;Before joining the IMF, Dr. Mourmouras served as assistant and associate professor of Economics and director of graduate studies, all at the University of Cincinnati.&nbsp;He holds a Ph.D in economics from the University of Minnesota and a BA degree from Harvard &nbsp;College.</p><p>Peter Rangazas is Professor of economics at IUPUI.&nbsp;He regularly publishes in academic economics journals including the&nbsp;<em>American Economic Review</em>, <em>Review of Economics and Statistics</em>, <em>Journal of Monetary Economics</em>, and <em>Journal of Economic Growth</em>.&nbsp;He has coauthored a second book in the Springer Texts in Business and Economics series, <em>The Macroeconomics of Corruption</em>.</p>

This book is a solutions manual and study guide to the 3^rd&nbsp;edition of&nbsp;<em>Economic Growth and Development</em>. It includes solutions to all end-of-chapter questions and model-based problems within the text. In addition, each chapter contains a reader’s guide for students working through the main text, including objectives, discussion of sticking points, and main takeaways.&nbsp;These should prove useful to students and instructors using this book.

A companion to the empirical and theoretical exercises given in the textbook Economic Growth and Development Provides solutions to all questions and exercises in the textbook, from basic to advanced Includes a reader's guide for each related textbook chapter