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.
| ISBN | 0631168923 | | DEWEY edition | DC19 | | ISBN13 | 9780631168928
(What's this?) | | Pages | 408 | | Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 586 | | Imprint | Blackwell Publishers | | Published in | Oxford | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 229 | | Publication date | 06 Apr 1989 | | Width (mm) | 152 | | Library of Congress | HC59.7 | | Academic level | Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY | 330.91724 | |
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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.
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