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Developing the Underdeveloped Countries

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  • © 1971

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Editors:
  1. Alan B. Mountjoy
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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-8
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  2. Introduction

    • Alan B. Mountjoy
    Pages 9-15

  3. Profiles of the Third World

    • Keith Buchanan
    Pages 17-44

  4. The Third World — and Beyond

    • Keith Buchanan
    Pages 45-51

  5. The Economic Impact of Colonialism

    • Gunnar Myrdal
    Pages 52-57

  6. The Expansion of Exports and the Growth of Population

    • H. Myint
    Pages 58-68

  7. Natural Resources and Tropical Development

    • B. W. Hodder
    Pages 69-75

  8. The So-called Social Aspects of Economic Development

    • V. L. Urquidi
    Pages 76-85

  9. The Take-off into Self-sustained Growth

    • W. W. Rostow
    Pages 86-114

  10. The Theory of Development and the Idea of Balanced Growth

    • R. Nurkse
    Pages 115-128

  11. Unbalanced Growth: An Espousal

    • A. O. Hirschman
    Pages 129-141

  12. Balanced v. Unbalanced Growth: A Reconciliatory View

    • Ashok Mathur
    Pages 142-161

  13. External Capital and Self-help in Developing Countries

    • W. B. Reddaway
    Pages 162-174

  14. Agriculture and the Development of West Africa

    • H. Isnard
    Pages 175-185

  15. Land Consolidation in the Kikuyu Areas of Kenya

    • G. J. W. Pedraza
    Pages 186-194

  16. New Railway Construction and the Pattern of Economic Development in East Africa

    • A. M. O’Connor
    Pages 195-208

  17. The Form of Industrialisation

    • Alan B. Mountjoy
    Pages 209-223

  18. Rural Industries

    • E. F. Schumacher
    Pages 224-229

  19. The Economic Expansion of Jinja, Uganda

    • B. S. Hoyle
    Pages 230-239

  20. An African Labour Force

    • W. Elkan
    Pages 240-246
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Developing the Underdeveloped Countries

  • Editors: Alan B. Mountjoy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15452-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1971

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-15452-4Published: 30 September 1971

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: II, 270

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Development Economics, Economic Geography

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