The state of development economics : progress and perspectives
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The state of development economics : progress and perspectives
B. Blackwell, 1988
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
Papers from a conference held at Yale University, April 11-13, 1986
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780631153771
Description
This book on the discipline of development economics examines both its progress over the last twenty years, and the current state of the art. It begins with a survey of the major aggregate dimensions of theory, development patterns, and the relationship between rich and poor countries, moving on to focus on the different experiences of less developed countries and the micro-dimensions of development. The volume concludes with a re-assessment and forward-look at the objectives and strategies of development for the 1990s. The contributors are: Arthur Lewis, Hollis Chenery, Raul Prebitsch, Shigeru Ishikawa, Vittirio Corbo, Uma Lele, Dong Fureng, Theodore Schultz, K.N.Raj, Anne Krueger, Ronald McKinnon, Ronald Findlay, John Fei, T.N.Srinavasan, Robert Evenson.
Table of Contents
- I. Introduction. Gustav Ranis and T P Schultz
- II. Overall Perspectives
- 1. `Reflections on Development'. W Arthur Lewis, Professor of Economy, Princeton University. Discussant: Jeffrey Williamson, Economics Department, Harvard University. 2. `Dependence, Development and Interdependence' Raul Prebisch, Banco Central Reconquista 266, Argentina. Discussant: Jagdish Bhagwati, Department of Economics, Columbia University, New York. 3. `Stuctural Transformation: A Program of Research' Hollis Chenery, Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Discussant: Irma Adelman, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley. 4. `Trade, Development and the State' Ronald Findlay, Department of Economics, Columbia University, New York. Discussant: I M D Little, Nuffield College, Oxford. 5. `Development Economics: What Next?', G Ranis and John Fei, G Ranis is at the Economic Growth Center, Yale University and John Fei is also at the Economic Growth Center, Yale University. Discussants: Pranab Bardhan and Helen Hughes, Pranab Bardhan is at the University of California, Department of Economics, Berkeley and Helen Hughes is at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
- III Typological Experience and Prospects 1. `Problems, Development Theory and Strategies of Latin America Development and Trade in Historical Perspective Sir W. Arthur Lewis, Professor of Economy, Princeton University, New Jersey. 2. Another Look at Patterns, Performance, and Strategies Hollis Chenery, Department of Economics, Harvard University. 3. Dependence, Interdependence, and Policies: What Have We Learned? Raul Prebisch, Banco Central Reconquista, Argentina. 4. What Has Happened to Development Theory? Gustav Ranis, Economic Growth Center, Yale University.
- Session II: Typological Experience and Prospects
- 1. Development Theory, Strategies, and Problems of Asia Shigeru Ishikawa, School of International Politics, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan. 2. Development Theory, Strategies, and Problems of Latin America, Vittorio Corbo, The World Bank, Washington. 3. Development Theory, Strategies, and Problems of Africa Uma Lele, Development Strategy Division, The World Bank, Washington. 4. Development Theory, Strategies, and Problems of Socialist Developing Economics, Dong Fureng, Director, Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, People's Republic of China.
- Session III: Crucial Dimensions, Sectors, and Markets
- 1. Population, Human Capital and Development Theodore W. Schultz, Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago. 2. Mobilization of the Rural Economy, K. N. Raj, Centre for Development Studies, Ulloor, Trivandrum, India. 3. Trade, Employment and Industrial Development, Anne Krueger, Vice President, The World Bank, Washington. 4. Financial Liberalization in Retrospect, Ronald McKinnon, Department of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford.
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: pbk ISBN 9780631178569
Description
This comprehensive book, on the discipline of development economics examines both its progress over the last 20 years, and the current state of the art. It begins with a survey of the major aggregate dimensions of theory development patterns, and the relationship between rich and poor countries, moving on to focus on the different experiences of less developed countries and the micro-dimensions of development. The volume concludes with a reassessment and forward look at the objectives and strategies of development for the 1990s.
Table of Contents
- Reflections on development
- dependence, development and interdependence
- structural transformation - a program of research
- trade, development and the state
- development economics - what next?
- problems, development theory and strategies of Latin America development and trade in historical perspective
- dependence, interdependence, and policies - what have we learned?
- what has happened to development theory?
- development theory, strategies, and problems of Asia
- development theory, strategies, and problems of Latin America
- development theory, strategies, and problems of Africa
- development theory, strategies, and problems of socialist developing economics
- population, human capital and development
- mobilization of the rural economy
- trade, employment and industrial development
- financial liberalization in retrospect
- labour markets and the household economy
- development, welfare, and equity - where do we go from here?
- the politics of development policy
- the evolution of development policy
- trade.factor mobility, and adjustment in a changing world economy
- the role of science and technology in development.
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