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The problem of the choice of techniques in development planning has been discussed in the literature so extensively that it is difficult to add anything significant. In what follows I shall attempt to review briefly the major aspects of the problem that have justifiably received attention in the literature and discuss one important aspect — uncertainty about the future — that has not received the attention it deserves.
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David Levhari and Eyton Sheshinski, A Micro-Economic Production Function (Department of Economics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Dec 1968).
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Srinivasan, T.N. (1970). Choice of Techniques. In: Robinson, E.A.G., Kidron, M. (eds) Economic Development in South Asia. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00964-0_12
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