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Alternative Strategies for Economic Development

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  • © 1999
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Authors:
  1. Keith Griffin

    1. Economics University of California, Riverside, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Development in Historical Context

    • Keith Griffin
    Pages 1-23

  3. Many Paths to Development

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    Pages 24-35

  4. Monetarism

    • Keith Griffin
    Pages 37-67

  5. The Open Economy

    • Keith Griffin
    Pages 68-99

  6. Industrialisation

    • Keith Griffin
    Pages 100-131

  7. The Green Revolution Strategy

    • Keith Griffin
    Pages 132-163

  8. Redistributive Strategies

    • Keith Griffin
    Pages 164-193

  9. Socialist Strategies of Development

    • Keith Griffin
    Pages 194-225

  10. The Strategies Compared

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    Pages 226-242

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 243-269
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About this book

The question of alternative strategies for economic development is the subject of great controversy and intense debate amongst practitioners and academics concerned with economic and social progress in the Third World. The core of this book is an analysis of the six most widely adopted strategies of development namely monetarism, the open economy, industrialisation, the green revolution or agriculture-led development, redistributive strategies of development and socialist strategies.

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  • Economics University of California, Riverside, USA

    Keith Griffin

About the author

KEITH GRIFFIN is Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of California, Riverside. He was formerly President of Magdalen College, Oxford. He has served as an adviser and consultant to various governments, international agencies and academic institutions in Asia, Africa and Latin America. He is the author or co-author of over twenty books in development studies, including Studies in Globalization and Economic Transitions.

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