Frontier Issues in Development Economics

Author: V. N. Balasubramanian
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: The first chapter of this book serves as the preface to the entire work, providing a brief introduction to the other ten articles included. The second chapter offers a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the overall development of economic thought since the 1980s. Chapters 3 through 11 respectively discuss agriculture, food security, poverty alleviation, macroeconomic policy (dealing with external shocks), industrialization experiences (experiences of emerging economies in Asia), trade theory and policy, foreign debt, and the important role of services in economic development. The issue of structural adjustment (market problems) is introduced as a specialized topic.