Topics in Policy Appraisal: Volume 2: Case-Studies in Economic Development

by V. N. Balasubramanyam (Editor), John Maynard Bates (Editor)

Overview

Contains contributions from 13 experts in development economics. Each contributor discusses a policy-oriented issue in their own field of expertise. These essays illustrate the variety of issues in development economics and the ingenuity the practitioners display in analyzing the issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349114252
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1993
Series:	Case-Studies in Economic Development
Edition description:	1st ed. 1993
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Principles of applied equilibrium modelling - a case-study of the Cameroon economy, Sarley, David; manpower planning for the industrial sector in Ethiopia, Zafiris Tzannatos; commercial policy and the incidence of protection in the Ivory Coast, Greenaway, David; economics of water and sanitation supply - the case for Ghana, George Akosa and Peter Barker; economics of the brain drain - the case for a tax on brains, V.N. Balasubramanyam; trade policy reform in Burundi, Chris Milner; trade liberalization and financial reforms - Chile 1973-83, I. Araya-Gomez; the role of producer services in development - the case of Singapore, Barbara Evans et al; planning in Saudi Arabia, John R. Presley and Tony Westaway.