Growth and Development
With Special Reference to Developing Economies
6th Edition
Published on 7. January 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-0-333-74679-0 (ISBN)
Description
This textbook is specifically designed for students of economics and the social sciences who are taking a first course in economic development with a background knowledge of micro and macro economics. It is written in a way that should also make it accessible to policy makers and all those concerned with the process of economic development in the Third World. In this extensively revised and updated edition there is extended discussion on the measurement of poverty, the characteristics of underdevelopment, the role of the State in the development process and the financial aspects of development. This text is intended for advanced undergraduate courses in growth and development as part of economics and other related degree programmes, and should also be useful for economic development courses as part of social science degree courses.
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Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
references, further reading, index
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
1058 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-74679-0 (9780333746790)
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5th Edition
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Content
Preface to the Sixth Edition - GNP Per Capita Map of the World - PART ONE: DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT - The Study of Economic Development - The Development Gap and the Measurement of Poverty - The Characteristics of Underdevelopment and Structural Change - Theories of Economic Growth: Why Growth Rates Differ Between Countries - PART TWO: FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS - Land, Labour and Agriculture - Capital and Technical Progress - PART THREE: OBSTACLES TO DEVELOPMENT - Dualism, Centre-Periphery Models and the Process of Cumulative Causation - Population and Development - PART FOUR: THE ROLE OF THE STATE, THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CHOICE OF TECHNIQUES - Resource Allocation in Developing Countries: The Market Mechanism and the Role of the State - Project Appraisal, Social Cost-Benefit Analysis and Shadow Wages - Development and the Environment - The Choice of Techniques - Input-Output Analysis - PART FIVE: FINANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Financing Development from Domestic Resources - Foreign Assistance, Debt and Development - PART SIX: INTERNATIONAL TRADE, THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT - Trade and Development - The Balance of Payments, International Monetary Assistance and Development - References and Further Reading - Author Index - Subject Index