Development Policy and Economic Theory

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Drawing on the latest methods of mainstream economic theory, this volume covers a wide range of themes in contemporary development economics. Including econometric techniques, the contributors present the analyses in a practical manner, making the book useful to professionals, policymakers, and scholars of development. Contributors include Amartya Sen, Pranab Bardhan, and Amitava Bose.

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Drawing on the latest methods of mainstream economic theory, this volume covers a wide range of themes in contemporary development economics. Including econometric techniques, the contributors present the analyses in a practical manner, making the book useful to professionals, policymakers, and scholars of development. Contributors include Amartya Sen, Pranab Bardhan, and Amitava Bose.

Seminar papers; in the Indian context.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780195627640
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Publication date: 5/13/1993
  • Pages: 323
  • Product dimensions: 5.75 (w) x 8.75 (h) x 0.99 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Pt. I Perspectives
Development Economics and the Indian Experience 1
Food and Freedom 14
Pt. II Theoretical Issues
Why Might Poverty be Impervious to Industrial Progress? 40
Some Reflections on the Use of the Concept of Power in Economics 64
On the Economic Theory of Quantity Controls 78
Theories of Interlinkage in Agrarian Markets
A Critical Appraisal 96
Pt. III Experience
Measurement of Income Mobility: An Application to India 111
Optimal Commodity Taxes and Consumer Behaviour in India: Theory and Empirical Evidence 145
The Politics and Economics of Drought in India 179
Pt. IV Open Economy Issues
Multinationals, Technology and Government Policy 199
Modernization, Employment and Foreign Borrowing 239
Pt. V Macroeconomic Policy
Terms of Trade and the Rate of Inflation 256
Administered Prices and Deficit Financing: A Macro View 275
Growth, Inflation and Excess Capacity in a Dual Economy 293
Index 317
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