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Growth and Development

With Special Reference to Developing Economies

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Development and Underdevelopment

      • A. P. Thirlwall
      Pages 3-64
  3. Factors in the Development Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
    2. Land, Labour and Agriculture

      • A. P. Thirlwall
      Pages 87-114
    3. Capital and Technical Progress

      • A. P. Thirlwall
      Pages 115-127
  4. Obstacles to Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
    2. Population and Development

      • A. P. Thirlwall
      Pages 148-176
  5. Planning, the Allocation of Resources and the Choice of Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
    2. The Choice of Techniques

      • A. P. Thirlwall
      Pages 220-236
    3. Input—Output Analysis

      • A. P. Thirlwall
      Pages 237-254
    4. The Programming Approach to Development

      • A. P. Thirlwall
      Pages 255-261
  6. Financing Economic Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 263-263
    2. Financing Development from Domestic Resources

      • A. P. Thirlwall
      Pages 265-293
    3. Foreign Assistance, Debt and Development

      • A. P. Thirlwall
      Pages 294-349
  7. International Trade, the Balance of Payments and Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 351-351

About this book

This revised edition includes new material on foreign assistance and debt and has updated statistics and the institutional material. The book aims to provide students with an understanding of the theory and practice of economic development.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, UK

    A. P. Thirlwall

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Growth and Development

  • Book Subtitle: With Special Reference to Developing Economies

  • Authors: A. P. Thirlwall

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19837-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

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

  • Copyright Information: A. P. Thirlwall 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-49311-3Published: 23 March 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-19837-5Published: 23 March 1989

  • Edition Number: 4

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 435

  • Topics: International Economics

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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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