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

Reviews the book 'Perspectives on Economic Growth,' edited by Walter W. Heller.

Reviews the book 'Government and Economic Development,' edited by Gustav Ranis.

Reviews the book 'The Crisis in Planning. volume 1: The Issues. volume 2: The Experience,' edited by Mike Faber and Dudley Seers.

Reviews the book "Economic Growth: Brazil, India, Japan," edited by Simon Kuznets, Wilbert E. Moore and Joseph J. Spengler.

The article reviews the book "Economic Growth, Profits and Investment."

The article reviews the book "Trade Strategies for Development," edited by P. Streeten.

Reviews the book "L'espace et les pôles de croissance," edited by J.R. Boudeville.

Reviews the book "Economic Growth--Rationale, Problems, Cases," edited by Eastin Nelson.

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.

Reviews the book "Economic Development with Special Reference to East Asia. Proceedings of a Conference Held by the International Economic Association," edited by Kenneth Berr.

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]

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

Reviews the book "The Economics of Underdevelopment - A Series of Articles and Papers," edited by A.N. Agarwala and S.P. Singh.

Reviews the book 'Readings in the Modern Theory of Economic Growth,' edited by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Hirofumi Uzawa.

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

The article reviews the book "The Challenge of Development: Theory and Practice," edited by Richard J. Ward.

Reviews the book "The Economics of Take-off Into Sustained Growth. Proceedings of a Conference Held by the International Economic Association," edited by W.W. Rostow.

Reviews the book "Capital Formation and Economic Growth."

Reviews the book "Economic Progress--Papers and Proceedings of a Round Table Held by the International Economic Association," edited by Léon H. Dupriez and Douglas C. Hague.

Reviews the book "India, Pakistan, Ceylon," edited by W. Norman Brown.

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

Reviews the book 'Crisis in Development,' by Lester Pearson.

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

Reviews the book "Economic Growth: Brazil, India, Japan," edited by Simon Kuznets, Wilbert E. Moore, and Joseph J. Spengler.

Reviews two books on strategy of economic growth. "Soviet Strategy for Economic Growth," by Nicholas Spulber; "Foundations of Soviet Strategy for Economic Growth-Selected Soviet Essays, 1924-1930," edited by Nicholas Spulber.

Reviews the book "Federal Tax Policy for Economic Growth and Stability."

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 'Economic Development in South Asia,' edited by E. A. G. Robinson and Michael Kidron.

Reviews the book "The Business Cycle in the Post-War World," by Erik Lundberg.

Reviews the book "Science, Technology and Economic Growth in the Eighteenth Century," by A.E. Musson.

Reviews the book "Economic Development for Latin America," edited by Howard S. Ellis and Henry C. Wallich.

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 "Simulation and National Development," by Andrew M. Scott, William A. Lucas and Trudi M. Lucas.

Reviews the book "Introduction to the Economics of Growth, Unemployment, and Inflation," by Howard J. Sherman.

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

Reviews the books "The Economic Development of South-East Asia," edited by C.D. Cowan and "The Political Economy of Independent Malaya," edited by T.H. Silcock and E.K. Fisk.

Reviews the book "Economic Development and Structural Change," edited by I.G. Stewart.

Reviews the book "Demographic and Economic Change in Developed Countries."

Reviews the book 'Industrial Development in East Africa,' by D. S. Pearson.

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

Reviews the book "Choice of Techniques: An Aspect of the Theory of Planned Economic Development," by A.K. Sen.

Reviews the book "Population Redistribution and Economic Growth, United States, 1870-1950," vol. 1, "Methodological Considerations and Reference Tables," by E.S. Lee, Ann R. Miller, Carol P. Brainard and R.A. Easterlin, vol. 2, "Analyses of Economic Change," by Simon Kuznets, Ann R. Miller and R.A. Easterlin.

Reviews the book "The State and Economic Growth," edited by Hugh G.J. Aitken.

Reviews the book "Savings in the Modern Economy--A Symposium," edited by Walter W. Heller, Francis M. Boddy and Carl L. Nelson.