Development Economics: Theory, Practice, and Prospects

✍ Scribed by Thomas R. DeGregori (auth.), Thomas R. DeGregori (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 1989
Tongue: English
Leaves: 397
Series: Recent Economic Thought Series 16
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-X
The Development Challenge: Theory,Practice,and Prospects....Pages 1-46
Theory and Practice in World Agriculture....Pages 47-77
Commentary by B. Persaud....Pages 79-86
Population, Resources, and Limits to Growth....Pages 87-128
Commentary by B. Persaud....Pages 129-135
Strategies of Development: A Survey....Pages 137-177
Commentary by Peter Delp....Pages 179-190
The Debate Over Monetarism: Monetery Policy and Economic Developement....Pages 191-221
Commentary by Wendell Gordon....Pages 223-229
Donors, Development, and Debt: The Role of External Assistance and External Indebtedness....Pages 231-283
Commentary by Wendell Gordon....Pages 285-289
Importation and Local Generation of Technology by the Third World: An Institutionalist Perspective....Pages 291-370
Commentary by Randal Joy Thompson....Pages 371-384
Back Matter....Pages 385-393

✦ Subjects

Methodology and the History of Economic Thought; Development Economics; International Economics; Economic Growth

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