
Alternative Strategies for Economic Development
Keith Griffin(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 24. June 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXVIII, 269 pages
978-0-333-74654-7 (ISBN)
Description
The question of alternative strategies for economic development is the subject of great controversy and intense debate amongst practitioners and academics concerned with economic and social progress in the Third World. The core of this book is an analysis of the six most widely adopted strategies of development namely monetarism, the open economy, industrialisation, the green revolution or agriculture-led development, redistributive strategies of development and socialist strategies.
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Edition
Second Edition 1999
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XXVIII, 269 p.
Dimensions
Height: 21.6 cm
Width: 14 cm
Weight
385 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-74654-7 (9780333746547)
DOI
10.1057/9780230599918
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Alternative Strategies for Economic Development
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Alternative Strategies for Economic Development
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Person
KEITH GRIFFIN is Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of California, Riverside. He was formerly President of Magdalen College, Oxford. He has served as an adviser and consultant to various governments, international agencies and academic institutions in Asia, Africa and Latin America. He is the author or co-author of over twenty books in development studies, including
Studies in Globalization and Economic Transitions
.
Content
List of Tables List of Figures Preface Development in Historical Context Many Paths to Development Monetarism The Open Economy Industrialisation The Green Revolution Strategy Redistributive Strategies Socialist Strategies of Development The Strategies Compared Index