Surveys in Development Economics
Norman Gemmell(Author)
Blackwell Publishers
Published on 6. April 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-631-16892-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book contains ten literature surveys on topics in development economics and aims to provide a review and synthesis of the current state of knowledge within each topic. Particular emphasis is given to theoretical and empirical controversies in the literature and each survey is accompanied by an extensive bibliography. Written mainly by British and American specialists, the surveys include such topics as trade theory and the less developed countries; trade strategies and industrialization in LDCs; multinational enterprises in LDCs; poverty, inequality and development; inflation and stabilization policy in LDCs; technology choice and factor proportions problems in LDCs; the labour market and human capital in LDCs; taxation and development and agriculture and economic development. Designed to complement development economics textbooks used in undergraduate and graduate courses and a reference source for researchers in the field.
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
bibliography of surveys/reviews in developoment economics
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
586 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-16892-8 (9780631168928)
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Content
International Issues; Trade Theory and the Less Developed Countries, David Greenaway and Chris Milner;Trade Strategies and Industrialization in LDCs, Colin Kirkpatrick;Multinational Enterprises in LDCs, Mark Casson;Robert Pearce; Macroeconomic Problems;Poverty, Inequality and Development, Arne Bigsten;Inflation and Stabilisation Policy in LDCs, Colin Kirkpatrick and Frederick Nison;Factor Markets in LDCs; The Labour Market and Human Capital in LDCs, Albert Berry; Technology Choice and Factor Proportions Problems in LDCs, Henry Bruton;The Public Sector and Development; Taxation and Development, Norman Gemmell ;Project Appraisal Techniques, Ivy Papps; The Rural Sector;Agriculture and Economic Development, Subrata Ghatak.