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The Balance Between Industry and Agriculture in Economic Development

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: International Economic Association Series (IEA)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
  2. Sector Proportions and Economic Development: Theory and Evidence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Theories of Sectoral Balance

      • Lance Taylor
      Pages 3-31
    3. Structural Change and Economic Growth in Developing Countries

      • Vadiraj R. Panchamukhi, R. G. Nambiar, R. Mehta
      Pages 54-84
  3. Sector Proportions and Economic Development: Country Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
    2. Korean Incentive Policies towards Industry and Agriculture

      • Danny M. Leipziger, Peter A. Petri
      Pages 167-189
    3. A Study of Linkages between Agriculture and Industry: the Indian Experience

      • Isher Judge Ahluwalia, C. Rangarajan
      Pages 219-250
  4. Industry versus Agriculture in East European Economies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251
  5. Unbalanced Productivity Advance, Agriculture-led Development and Rural Activities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 303-303
    2. Agricultural Development-led Industrialisation in a Global Perspective

      • Irma Adelman, Jean-Marc Bourniaux, Jean Waelbroeck
      Pages 320-339

About this book

This volume of papers from the Eighth World Congress deals with changes in proportions and growth rates of sectors of the economy in relation to economic development. It includes a survey of theories of sectoral balance and studies of structural transformation in the Kuznets traditon.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Economics Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

    Jeffrey G. Williamson

  • Research and Information System for the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries, New Delhi, India

    Vadiraj R. Panchamukhi

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