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Problems in Economic Development

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E. A. G. Robinson

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xxi

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The Determinants of Economic Progress
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-1
  
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2. Theories of Economic Growth in Capitalist Countries
  
  Gustav Ranis
  
  Pages 3-20
3. Problems in the Theory of Growth Under Socialism
  
  W. Brus, K. Laski
  
  Pages 21-54
4. Factors Influencing the Economic Development of Socialist Countries
  
  K. Plotnikov
  
  Pages 55-74
5. The Place of Agriculture in Balanced Growth
  
  Giuseppe Ugo Papi
  
  Pages 75-91
6. Education, Research and Other Unidentified Factors in Growth
  
  Ingvar Svennilson
  
  Pages 92-111
7. Historical Experience of Economic Development
  
  H. J. Habakkuk
  
  Pages 112-138
8. International Aid and Growth
  
  Gaston Leduc
  
  Pages 139-169
9. The Role of Taxation in Economic Development
  
  N. Kaldor
  
  Pages 170-195
10. The Control of Inflation in Conditions of Rapid Economic Growth
  
  D. Horowitz
  
  Pages 196-211
11. On Some Determinants of Saving in Developed and Under-Developed Countries
  
  H. S. Houthakker
  
  Pages 212-227
Industrialization and Methods of Increasing Labour Productivity
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 229-229
  
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2. Facts and Observations on Labour Productivity in Western Europe, North America and Japan
  
  Angus Maddison
  
  Pages 231-240
3. Industrial Labour Productivity in Non-Western Countries Since 1945
  
  Walter Galenson, John R. Eriksson
  
  Pages 241-256
4. Stages of Industrialization and Labour Productivity
  
  J. Pajestka
  
  Pages 257-265
5. Productivity Growth and Accumu-Lation as Historical Processes
  
  W. E. G. Salter
  
  Pages 266-294
6. The Effects of Technology on Productivity
  
  Shigeto Tsuru
  
  Pages 295-310
7. Wages, Productivity and Industrialization
  
  Lloyd G. Reynolds
  
  Pages 311-319
8. Wages and Productivity in Great Britain
  
  K. G. J. C. Knowles
  
  Pages 320-328

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Book Title: Problems in Economic Development
Editors: E. A. G. Robinson
Series Title: International Economic Association Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15223-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1965
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-40643-4Published: 01 January 1965
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-15223-0Published: 09 January 2016
Series ISSN: 2662-6330
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6349
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 626
Topics: Development Economics
Industry Sectors: Finance, Business & Banking

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