1st Edition

Development Policy and Planning An Introduction to Models and Techniques

By Anis Chowdhury, Colin Kirkpatrick Copyright 1994
148 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

Reorientation from economic controls to a market-based approach led to significant changes in the economic policy of developing countries in the 1980s. Yet, with governments continuing to exercise economic management to accelerate growth beyond that achieved by market forces, techniques and models of development planning are still an integral feature of development policy management. Development... Read more
Chapter 1 Development Policy Analysis and Quantitative Planning Methods; Chapter 2 Aggregate Consistency Models; Chapter 3 Disaggregated Consistency Models; Chapter 4 Multi-Sectoral Models and the Social Accounting Matrix; Chapter 5 Programming Approach to Planning; Chapter 6 Computable General Equilibrium Models; Chapter 7 Cost-Benefit Analysis;

Biography

Anis Chowdhury is Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Western Sydney., Colin Kirkpatrick is Professor of Development Economics at the University of Bradford.