Economic Development

Economic Development
ISBN-10
007034583X
ISBN-13
9780070345836
Series
Economic Development
Category
Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development
Pages
397
Language
English
Published
1977
Publisher
Mcgraw-hill
Authors
Charles Poor Kindleberger, Bruce H. Herrick

Description

Development and measurement. Methodological approaches to development. Theories of economic growth. Land and other natural resources. Physical capital. Labor and human capital. Organization. Technology, technological change, and transfer of technology. Scale. Structural change. Theories of economic development. Economic policy and the market system. Choosing sectoral priorities. Monetary and fiscal policies. Rapid population growth. Urbbanization and urban economic development. Import substitution and export promotion. International trasfers. Foreign investment and international firms. International collective action. Employment and income distribution. Planning for development.

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