1. The demand for products from the tropics 2. Indigenous economy and foreign capitalism 3. Crops and methods of cultivation 4. The conditions of labour supply 5. Monetary incentives and the standard of living 6. Contemporary methods of production: the plantation system 7. Contemporary methods of production: peasant production 8. Conclusion Appendix A. Relative density of population Appendix B. Foreign and native land ownership in various territories
Biography
Ida Greaves was a pioneering figure in development economics. She was educated in economics and political science at McGill University in Canada. She Completed her PhD at the London School of Economics (1932–1934) and held research and teaching fellowships at Radcliffe College (Harvard) and Bryn Mawr College. Her work on colonial monetary systems and labour dynamics in plantation economies established her as an important, though often overlooked, contributor to economic thought.
