Search

This is a book on economic development written by practitioners. It is the result of specific experiences encountered by a group of economists working for the Harvard Development Advisory Service in the process of making policy recommendations to various governments. The contributions to this volume deal with specific-country issues drawn from only four countries' Argentina, Colombia, Pakistan, and Liberia. The volume is divided into the following six parts: (1) planning, macro models, and development strategy; (2) stabilization and short-term policy; (3) fiscal policy; (4) agricultural development; (5) education, manpower, labor, and wages; and finally (6) evaluation. The bulk of the papers are included in the first two parts (seven papers), with the last four parts containing only one contribution each. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book "Aid Implementation and Administrative Capacity in Upper Volta: Paper for the Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development," by Margaret Wolfson.

Reviews the book 'Capital Movements and Economic Development,' edited by John H. Adler with the assistance of Paul W. Kuznets.

Reviews the book "Population Growth and Economic Development: Issues and Evidence," edited by D. Gale Johnson and Ronald D. Lee.

Reviews the book "Financing Economic Development: An Institutional Response," edited by Richard D. Bingham, Edward W. Hill and Sammis B. White.

Reviews the book "Japan and the Developing Countries," edited by Kazushi Ohkawa, Gustav Ranis and Larry Meissner.

Reviews the book "Development Policy: Theory and Practice," edited by Gustav F. Papanek.

Reviews the book 'Social Structure and Mobility in Economic Development,' edited by Neil J. Smelser and Seymour Martin Lipset.

This article presents a review of the book "Readings in the Modern Theory of Economic Growth," edited by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Hirofumi Uzawa.

This volume consists of fifteen essays based upon material presented during 1965-1966 at an MIT seminar on the theory of optimal economic growth. For a lover of good capital theory with a fair amount of mathematical sophistication (or a more-than-fair desire to start acquiring it), it presents a varied but delightful menu. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chapter 10, "Addressing Unevenness" is the most attractive part here: it connects behavioural theory to (regional) economic development, transformation, and well-being. Chapter 8 is the crowning achievement to which the two preceding chapter built up: they provided an analysis how "culture and personality can be measured and examined as a process of co-evolution" (p. 191), and chapter 8 links the resulting "human agency potential" to entrepreneurship and innovation. Although these chapters read like earlier papers or reports that have now been integrated into the book, they still provide valuable inpiration for how the connection from agents to regions actually can work. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews several books related to economics. "China's Future in the Knowledge Economy: Engaging the New World," edited by Bhajan Grewal, Lan Xue, Peter Sheeham and Fiona Sun; "Oil Wealth and Fate of the Forests: A Comparative Study of Eight Tropical Countries," by Sven Wunder; "Monetary and Financial Management in Asia in the 21st Century," edited by Augustine N. H. Tan; "Fighting Corruption in East Asia: Solutions from the Private Sector," by Jean-Francois Arvis and Ronald E. Berenbeim.

Reviews the book "Economic Development With Special Reference to East Asia," edited by Kenneth Berrill.

Reviews the book "Economic Growth in World Perspective," edited by Denis Munby.

Reviews three books on the economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. "Manufacturing Africa: Performance and Prospects of Seven Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa," by Roger C. Riddell; "Towards Economic Recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa," edited by James Pickett and Hans Singer; "Industrialisation in the Third World: The Need for Alternative Strategies," edited by Meine Pieter Van Dijk and Henrik Secher Marcussen.

This article presents a list of papers related to economic history published in different journals. Some of the papers are: "O.H. Kelley and the Genesis of the Grange: A Reappraisal," by W.D. Barnes, published in the July 1967 issue of the journal "Agricultural History"; "The California Date Growing Industry, 1890-1939," by C.C. Cooley, published in the March 1967 issue of the journal "South California Quarterly"; "The Gloucester Fishing Industry in World War II," by D.S. Eldredge, published in the July 1967 issue of the journal "American Neptune"; "Household Consumption in 18th Century America and Its Relation to Production and Trade: The Situation Among Farmers in S.W. Pennsylvania," by J.T. Lemon, published in the January 1967 issue of the journal "Agricultural History"; "The Sugar Beet Industry and Economic Growth in the West," by G.D. Nash, published in the January 1967 issue of the journal " Agricultural History"; and others.

The article reviews the book "Incentives, Regulations and Plans: The Role of States and Nation-States in Smart Growth Planning," edited by Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Huibert A. Haccoû, Kelly J. Clifton, and John W. Frece.

Reviews the book "China's Development Experience in Comparative Perspective," edited by Robert F. Dernberger.

Reviews the book "The Theory and Design of Economic Development," edited by Irma Adelman and Erik Thorbecke.

Reviews the book "New Firms and Regional Development in Europe/Small Firms in Regional Economic Development: Britain, Ireland and the United States," edited by D. Keeble and E. Wever.

The article reviews the book "Financial Development and Economic Growth," edited by Arnold W. Sametz.

The article reviews the book "Regional Economic Development: Analysis and Planning Strategy," by Robert J. Stimson, Roger R. Stough and Brian H. Roberts.

The article reviews the book "Brick by Brick: The Building of an ASEAN Economic Community," edited by Denis Hew.

Reviews the book "Taxation and Economic Development: Twelve Critical Studies," edited by J. F. J. Toye.

Reviews the book "Trade, Agriculture and Development," edited by George S. Tolley and Peter A. Zadrozny.

Reviews the book "Inducing Technological Change for Economic Growth and Development," edited by Robert A.Solo and Everett M. Rogers.

Reviews the book "Backward Areas in Advanced Countries: Proceedings of a Conference Held by the International Economic Association," edited by E.A.G. Robinson.

Reviews the book 'Growth and Structural Change in the Egyptian Economy,' by D.C. Mead.

Reviews the book 'Agricultural Development and Economic Growth,' edited by Herman M. Southworthand Bruce F. Johnston.

The article reviews the book "Financial Development and Economic Growth: The Economic Consequences of Underdeveloped Capital Markets," edited by Arnold Sametz.

The article reviews the book "China's Dilemma: Economic Growth, the Environment and Climate Change," edited by Ligang Song and Wing Tye Woo.

The article reviews the book "China and India—Learning from Each Other: Reforms and Policies for Sustained Growth," edited by Jahangir Aziz, Steven Dunaway, and Eswar Prasad.

Reviews the book "Alliance for Progress: A Social Invention in the Making," by Harvey S. Perloff.

Reviews the book "The Primary Sector in Economic Development," edited by Mats Lundahl.

Reviews the book 'Regional Economic Development: Essays in Honour of François Perroux,' edited by Benjamin Higgins and Donald J. Savoie.

Reviews the book 'Economic Development and Export Growth: A Study of Northern Rhodesia, 1920-1960,' by Robert E. Baldwin.

Reviews the book 'Socialist Economic Development and Reforms: From Extensive to Intensive Growth Under Central Planning in the USSR, Eastern Europe and Yugoslavia,' by J. Wilczynski.

Reviews the book "Latin American Development: A Geographical Perspective," by Alan Gilbert.

Reviews the book "Hyper-Growth in Asian Economies: A Comparative Study of Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan," by Edward K.Y. Chen.

Reviews the book "World Economic Growth: Case Studies of Developed and Developing Nations," by Arnold C. Harberger.

Reviews the book "Public Policy and Economic Development: Essays in Honour of Ian Little," edited by Maurice Scott and Deepak Lal.

Reviews the book "Growth Centers in Regional Economic Development," edited by N.M. Hansen.

Reviews the book "Adjustment Policies and Development Strategies in the Arab World," edited by Said El-Naggar.

Reviews the book "British Economic Performance, 1945-1975," by B.W.E. Alford.

Reviews the book "Evolution of International Management Structures," edited by Harold F. Williamson.