Economic planning and social justice in developing countries / / Ozay Mehmet
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| Autore: |
Mehmet Ozay
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| Titolo: |
Economic planning and social justice in developing countries / / Ozay Mehmet
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| Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| ©1978 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.9/009172/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Economic development - Social aspects |
| Soggetto geografico: | Developing countries Economic policy |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part One: Economic Growth Without SocialJustice; 1. What Was Wrong with Post-War Planning in LDCs?; 2. Distribution Effects of Growth: The Evidence; 3. Absolute Poverty: Measurement and Identification; 4. The Unemployment Problem of the LDCs; Part Two: Some Case-Studies of the Influence of Elites on Economic Planning and Polic; 5. Malaysia: From Colonial to Bumiputra Elitism; 6. Liberia: The Americo-Liberian Elite |
| 7. Absolute Poverty: Measurement and IdentificationPart Three: Egalitarian Planning and Reform in LD; 8. Towards More Egalitarian Development Planning; 9. An Egalitarian Employment Policy Based on Manpower Planning; 10. Educational Planning: Shifting from Elitist to Egalitarian Principles; 11. Egalitarian Planning and Rural Development; 12. Global Equity: Reforming the International Trade and Aid System; 13. Summing Up: Egalitarian Planning as a Non-Violent Revolution; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | First published in 1978, this book was written at a time when belief was high in Western-guided economic development of the emerging countries. The success of Marshall Plan in war-torn Europe generated a US-led optimism that, with generous inflows of aid and technical assistance, the Third World could be won over in the Cold War. The author's direct experience as a young academic economist in Cyprus, Malaysia, Uganda and Liberia led him to question this general optimism: the reality on the ground in the developing world did not seem to match Western optimism. Theories and blueprints, made i |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Economic planning and social justice in developing countries |
| ISBN: | 0-203-83625-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464500303321 |
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