Development and underdevelopment
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Development and underdevelopment
Longman, 1991
Available at 7 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-248) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this volume the author attempts to answer the question - What is the general formula for development? This is achieved by examining three countries, Japan, Taiwan and Singapore, which have moved from the status of "underdeveloped" to "developed". He begins by discussing and appraising the concepts of development, the problems and attempts in measuring development, and the desirability and costs of development. Professor Lim then proposes his own general theory of development and underdevelopment, which he terms the EGOIN Theory. The autho considers the role of the Government and bureaucracy in the development process and evaluates the various theories that are available, including the Classical Theory, the Marxist Theory, the Capital Theory, the Schumpeterian Theory, the Blissful and Vicious Circle Theories, the Dependency School and the Growth Centre Theory, against his own EGOIN Theory. Case studies using the three example countries support the author's own EGOIN Theory.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Concepts and measurement: development concepts
- measurement of economic development
- the desirability of development. Part 2 Theories of development: Marx's theory of development
- Schumpeterian road to affluence and communism
- capital and development
- contemporary development theories
- the EGOIN theory of development and underdevelopment. Part 3 Three case studies: the Japanese march to affluence
- Taiwan's economic miracle c1952-1988
- government and development - the case of Singapore.
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