Public Sector Economics for Developing Countries
Second Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 30. April 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
420 pages
978-976-640-224-2 (ISBN)
Description
Discusses the impact of public sector in economic development. This title analyzes public goods, market failure, the role of government, public choice and political business cycles, and government revenues and expenditures. It also explores issues such as poverty alleviation, and the operation of the value-added tax in developing countries.
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Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Kingston
Jamaica
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
1166 gr
ISBN-13
978-976-640-224-2 (9789766402242)
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Previous edition
Michael Mcgregor Howard
Public Sector Economics for Developing Countries
Book
04/2001
University of the West Indies Press
€38.40
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Persons
Michael Howard is Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Barbados. He is the author of the first edition of Public Sector Economics for Developing Countries. Althea La Foucade is Lecturer, Department of Economics, and Assistant Coordinator of the HEU, Centre for Health Economics, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. Ewan Scott is Lecturer, Department of Economics, and Assistant Coordinator, Labour Market and Poverty Studies Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago.