A book related to development economics
Guidelines for Book Review:
A full book review may concern only one book. Its length is about 1500-2000 words. It
should give readers an engaging, informative, and critical discussion of the work. The
review should follow the Guidelines below.
The review should consider (please use as your outline):
The intended audience for the book and who would find it useful
The background of the author(s)
The main ideas and major objectives of the book and how effectively these are
accomplished
The context or impetus for the book – – political controversy, implications of the
book for research, policy, practice, or theory
A comparison with other works on this subject
Constructive comments about the strength and weaknesses of the book
The front page of your review should include:
Your first and last name
Your student id
Author(s) or editor(s) first and last name(s) (please indicate if it is an edited book)
Title of book
Year of publication
Place of publication
Publisher
Number of pages
Price (please indicate paperback or hard cover) if available
ISBN
In line with your guidelines, book review grading will be based on the following rubric with 4 components:
Background of author and audience.
Discussion of main ideas and objectives.
The context for the book and comparison with other work on the subject.
Comments about strengths and weaknesses and implications for research and public policy.
Where each rubric would have a weight of 0.25 and would have 5 categories (5,10,15,20,25). There could be further penalties for poor presentation or
grammar.
Furthermore:
You will get 0 points if you write a book review of a paper or a textbook, no exceptions allowed. You can get some suggestions of books in the first
discussion section.