What Drives Third World City Growth?

Informationen zum Autor Allen C. Kelley & Nancy Burley Klappentext The book shows that earlier studies exaggerated the effects of rural land scarcity, foreign capital inflows, and population growth on Third World urbanization. More critical were imbalances of productivity advance across sectors and terms of trade between primary products and manufactures.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Zusammenfassung The book shows that earlier studies exaggerated the effects of rural land scarcity, foreign capital inflows, and population growth on Third World urbanization. More critical were imbalances of productivity advance across sectors and terms of trade between primary products and manufactures. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Burley, Burley Nancy, Allen Kelley, Allen C. Kelley, Allen C. Burley Kelley, Kelley Allen C.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2014
• EAN: 9780691612409
• ISBN: 978-0-691-61240-9
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; Princeton Legacy Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Urban & Regional, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Developing Countries, economic growth, urban economics, Regional / urban economics, Global South / Developing countries