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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765994803321

Autore

Lundahl Mats

Titolo

New Directions in development economics : growth, environmental concerns, and government in the 1990s / / edited by Mats Lundahl and Benno J. Ndulu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 2003

London and New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-85278-535-7

1-134-80881-X

1-134-80882-8

1-280-15833-6

0-203-98899-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (420 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in development economics ; ; no. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

LundahlMats <1946->

NduluB. J

Disciplina

338.9

338.90091724

Soggetti

Sustainable development - Developing countries

Economic development - Environmental aspects

Development economics

Developing countries Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; OPENING REMARKS; WELCOME ADDRESS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 MACROPOLICIES FOR THE TRANSITION FROM STABILIZATION TO GROWTH; 3 CONSTRAINTS ON AFRICAN GROWTH; 4 LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN SUB SAHARAN; 5 HOW PAINFUL IS THE TRANSITION?; 6 TECHNOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; 7 DEVELOPMENTAL REGIONALISM; 8 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; 9 THE CAPTURE OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE; 10 ENVIRONMENTAL TAX REFORM

11 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WOBBLY12  ROLE OF THE AFRICAN



STATE IN BUILDING AGENCIES OF RESTRANT; 13 PARTICIPATION, MARKETS AND DEMOCRACY; 14 STYLIZING ACCUMULATION IN AFRICAN; 15 ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING, COPING; 16 FROM GATT TO WTO; 17 GOVERNMENT, TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

New Directions in Development Economics is divided into two parts. The first half considers the dilemna of growth with special reference to its environmental cost. The second half focuses on the role of the state in the context of the growing dominance of the free market argument. The contributors include Paul Collier, Partha Dasgupta, Ronald Findlay and Deepak Lal.