Public Policy and Economic Development: Essays in Honour of Ian Little

ISBN-13: 9780198285823 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 418 str.

Maurice Fitzgerald Scott; Deepak Lal; Bernard Scott

Opis

In this festschrift for Ian Little, Professor of Development Economics at the University of Oxford, distinguished experts evaluate policy questions in such areas as exchange rate policy, problems of market stabilization, industrialization of developing countries, trade shocks, capital flows, principles of taxation, and political implications of economic policy decisions.

Recenzje

`well and clearly written' Journal of Development Studies

Spis treści

Francis Seton: Ian Little - a salute inter vivos; W. Max Corden: Macroeconomic adjustment in developing countries; David Bevan, Paul Collier, & Jan Gunning: Economic policy in countries prone to temporary trade shocks; Vijay Joshi: Exchange rate regimes in developing countries; David Newbery: Commodity price stabilization; John M. Page, Jr: The pursuit of industrial growth, policy initiatives, and economic consequences; Sudhir Mulji: Public sector management: A case-study of India; G. M. Meier: Trade policy and development; Anne O. Krueger: The political economy of controls: American sugar; Jagdish Bhagwati: The theory of political economy, economic policy, and foreign investment; Deepak Lal: International capital flows and economic development; Ehtisham Ahmad & Nicholas Stern: Principles of taxation for developing countries; Maurice Scott: Social cost-benefit analysis; Göran Ohlin: The population enigma; Dipak Mazumda: Government intervention and urban labour markets in LDCs; Angus Maddison: The colonial burden: A comparative perspective