Equity and efficiency in economic development : essays in honour of Benjamin Higgins

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Equity and efficiency in economic development : essays in honour of Benjamin Higgins

edited by Donald J. Savoie and Irving Brecher

Intermediate Technology, 1992

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Bibliography: p.421-425

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Description

Eminent development economists tackle the question of how to design, construct and administer an economic system that will function efficiently and assure improved living standards, while respecting individual freedoms and social justice.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Concepts: equity and efficiency in development - basic concepts, Benjamin Higgins
  • development, equity, and liberation, Kenneth Boulding. Part 2 Facts: development, efficiency, and equity in historical perspective, W.W. Rostow
  • equity and efficiency in the "mature" socialist society, the USSR, Nicolas Spulber
  • what is the evidence on income inequality and development?, Irma Adelman. Part 3 Policy: fiscal equity and economic development, Richard Musgrave
  • the status and efficiency of regional development policies, Albert Breton
  • regional policies for equity - can they be justified?, Niles Hansen
  • equity, efficiency, and the managerial paradigm, Robin Marris
  • hunger, Paul Streeten
  • the overexpansion of higher education in the Third World, Mark Blaug. Part 4 International aspects: new directions in Canada's foreign aid? the Winegard Report and beyond, Irving Brecher with the assistance of David Gillies
  • the static welfare economics of foreign aid - a consolidation, Murray C. Kemp
  • trade restrictions versus foreign aid as a means of improving a country's welfare, John S. Chipman
  • the underdevelopment of development, Andre Ounder Frank and Marta Fuentes Frank
  • towards a new paradigm? two views, Donald J. Savoie and Benjamin Higgins.

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  • NCID
    BA46136401
  • ISBN
    • 1853391751
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 425 p
  • Size
    23 cm
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