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Economic Progress and Policy in Developing Countries

322 Pages

by Routledge

328 Pages

by Routledge

328 Pages

by Routledge

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First published in 2005. The central issue of our times is the unequal income of nations. Its importance outweighs most of the domestic problems in rich countries, and the division of the world into rich and poor has become more significant than the ideological cleavage between communism and capitalism. There are twenty-five rich countries, but more than 100 countries who are in the where income... Read more

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Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS page 7

I. Postwar Growth in Historical Perspective 15

II. Reasons for Accelerated Growth and Variations in Performance 34

III. The Overall Strategy of Development 63

IV. The Reasons for Instability 91

V. Has Agriculture Been Neglected? 120

VI. Has Industrialization Been Too Costly? 161

VII. Foreign Markets for Goods and Services 197 VIII. External Finance 216

IX. Population Control and Economic Growth 253

X. Conclusions 266