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New Directions in the World Economy

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. Bela Balassa

    1. The Johns Hopkins University, USA
      The World Bank, USA

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Development Strategies and International Trade in Developing Countries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Importance of Trade for Developing Countries

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      Pages 3-31

    3. Policy Responses to Exogenous Shocks in Developing Countries

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      Pages 32-38

    4. The Interaction of Factor and Product Market Distortions in Developing Countries

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      Pages 39-62

  3. Policy Choices and External Constraints in Developing Countries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. The Cambridge Group and the Developing Countries

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      Pages 65-83

    3. ‘Dependency’ and Trade Orientation

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      Pages 84-98

    4. The Adding-Up Problem

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      Pages 99-123

  4. Agriculture and Economic Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Economic Incentives and Agricultural Exports in Developing Countries

      • Bela Balassa
      Pages 127-139

    3. Incentive Policies and Agricultural Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa

      • Bela Balassa
      Pages 140-152

    4. Agricultural Policies and International Resource Allocation

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      Pages 153-166

  5. Public Enterprise and Policies in a Developing Country: Mexico

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. Public Enterprise in Developing Countries: Issues of Privatization

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      Pages 169-185

    3. Economic Prospects and Policies in Mexico

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      Pages 186-206

    4. Mexico’s Debt Problem and Policies for the Future

      • Bela Balassa
      Pages 207-223

  6. Reform Efforts in Socialist Countries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
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    2. The ‘New Growth Path’ in Hungary

      • Bela Balassa
      Pages 227-251

    3. Next Steps in the Hungarian Economic Reform

      • Bela Balassa
      Pages 252-270
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An attempt to assist policy-makers in developing countries to cope with the challenges they face during the rest of the century and beyond. For this purpose it provides information on the experience of developing, developed and socialist countries.

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  • The Johns Hopkins University, USA

    Bela Balassa

  • The World Bank, USA

    Bela Balassa

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