The Development Frontier: Essays in Applied Economics

P. T. Bauer

Published by Harvard University Press 1991

The Development Frontier

Essays in Applied Economics

P. T. Bauer

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674281042

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
1. Traders and the Development Frontier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Economic Progress and Occupational Distribution: Numbers, Roles, and Categories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
3. Population, Welfare, and Development: Gloom Dispelled Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
4. Foreign Aid: Central Component of World Development? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
5. The Third World Debt Crisis: Can't Pay or Won't Pay? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
6. Marketing Reform: An Inventory of Intervention Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
7. Cooperative Societies in Less Developed Countries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
8. Commodity Stabilization: Disguised Restrictionism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
9. Wage Regulation in Less Developed Countries: On Not Helping the Poor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
10. Price Control in Less Developed Countries: Unexpected Consequences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
11. Industrialization and Development: Nigeria Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
12. Policy and Progress: The Hong Kong Story Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
13. Import Capacity and Economic Development: India Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
14. Price Response: Cocoa and Palm Oil in Nigeria Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
15. Competition on and Prices: Groundnut Buying in Nigeria Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
16. Economic History as Theory: An Unrealistic Prospectus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
17. Development Economics: A Retrospective View Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 241
Illustrations
- Other: illustrations
Keywords: Economic development -- Case studies.; Developing countries -- Economic policy -- Case studies.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674281042

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1991
ISBN: 9780674281035