
Structural Change in a Developing Economy
Colombia's Problems and Prospects
Princeton University Press
Will be published approx. on 8. March 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
338 pages
978-0-691-62038-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book deals with specific problems in Colombia as a means of exploring interrelated theoretical themes in the development process. Demographic and political as well as specifically economic variables arc given consideration in the authors' analysis of the constraints on the growth of Colombia's modern sector. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
515 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-62038-1 (9780691620381)
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Richard R. Nelson | T. Paul Schultz | Robert L. Slighton
Structural Change in a Developing Economy
Colombia's Problems and Prospects
E-Book
06/2015
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
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Persons
Richard R. Nelson, T. Paul Schultz & Robert L. Slighton
Content
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables, pg. ix*List of Figures, pg. xii*CHAPTER I. Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER II. Population Growth: Investigation of a Hypothesis, pg. 8*CHAPTER III. Internal Migration: A Quantitative Study of Rural-Urban Migration in Colombia, pg. 45*CHAPTER IV. Manufacturing Development: Factor Endowments and Dualism, pg. 77*CHAPTER V. Urban Income Distribution in a Dual Economy, pg. 128*CHAPTER VI. Constraints on the Growth of the Modern Sector, pg. 157*CHAPTER VII. The Political Determinants of Colombian Foreign Exchange Policy, pg. 215*CHAPTER VIII. Future Development Policy, pg. 262*INDEX, pg. 313