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Growth and Development

With Special Reference to Developing Economies

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. A. P. Thirlwall

    1. University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, UK

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Development and Underdevelopment

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      Pages 3-64

    3. The Production — Function Approach to the Study of the Causes of Growth

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      Pages 65-84

  3. Factors in the Development Process

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Land, Labour and Agriculture

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      Pages 87-114

    3. Capital and Technical Progress

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      Pages 115-127

  4. Obstacles to Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. Dualism, Centre—Periphery Models, and the Process of Cumulative Causation

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      Pages 130-147

    3. Population and Development

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      Pages 148-176

  5. Planning, the Allocation of Resources and the Choice of Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Planning and Resource Allocation in Developing Countries

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      Pages 179-203

    3. Social Cost—Benefit Analysis and the Shadow Wage

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      Pages 204-219

    4. The Choice of Techniques

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      Pages 220-236

    5. Input—Output Analysis

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      Pages 237-254

    6. The Programming Approach to Development

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      Pages 255-261

  6. Financing Economic Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 263-263
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    2. Financing Development from Domestic Resources

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      Pages 265-293

    3. Foreign Assistance, Debt and Development

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      Pages 294-349

  7. International Trade, the Balance of Payments and Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 351-351
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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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