Growth & development with special reference to developing economies. / A.P. Thirlwall.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006Edition: 8th edDescription: xxx, 685p. : ill. ; 25cmISBN: 1403996008 (cloth); 1403996016 (paper); 9781403996008; 9781403996015Subject(s): Economic development | Developing countries -- Economic conditionsDDC classification: 338.9/009172/4 LOC classification: HD82.T48Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents onlyItem type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents: 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 -- Factors in the development process: Land, labour and agriculture -- Capital and technical progress -- Obstacles to development: Dualism, centre-periphery models and the process of cumulative causation -- Population and development -- 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 -- Financing economic development: Financing development from domestic resources -- Foreign assistance, debt and development -- International trade, the balance of payments and development: Trade and development -- The balance of payments, international monetary assistance and development.
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