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Klappentext This volume brings together some of the most important papers on the development of the Third World. Zusammenfassung This 1971 volume selects some of the most important papers which were delivered during the 1960s in the Cambridge Conferences on Development! and presents them as a contribution to the discussion on how economic development could best be planned and advanced for the Third World. This book is a valuable contribution to making poor countries richer. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. General Perspective: 1. Practical politics of economic development Ronald Robinson; 2. Development decade in perspective Gerald M. Meier; 3. Obstacles to progress Cambridge Conference Report; Part II. Industrialisation: 4. Role of industry in Pakistan's development plan Khalid Ikram; 5. Promotion of Indian industrial development V. K. Ramaswami; 6. The role of industry Cambridge Conference Report; 7. Industrialisation through 'intermediate technology' E. F. Schumacher; 8. Technology, employment and culture Cambridge Conference Report; 9. Latin American industrial development Nuno F. de Figueiredo; Part III. Rural Development: 10. Historic role of agriculture in development Sir Joseph Hutchinson; 11. Social attitudes to agriculture K. A. Busia; 12. Planning the rural sector Tarlok Singh; 13. Priorities in agricultural production and rural industry Edmundo Flores; 14. Land reform Erich Jacoby; Part IV. The Role of Government: 15. Mobilising internal resources through taxation Stanley Please; 16. Does 'Kaldorian Fiscalism' work? Cambridge Conference Report; 17. Administrative obstacles to development Rashid Ibrahim; 18. Difficulties in public administration Cambridge Conference Report; Part V. Aid: 19. Effectiveness of foreign assistance Hollis B. Chenery; 20. Criteria for allocating aid Cambridge Conference Report; 21. Bilateral aid Lord Balogh; 22. Roles of bilateral and multilateral aid Cambridge Conference Report; 23. The case for economic aid Ronald Robinson; Appendices; Endnotes; Index....
