Introduction to development economics / (Record no. 194720)
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| fixed length control field | 01265aam a2200349 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780415280754 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 338.9 |
| Item number | GHA/I |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ghatak, Subrata, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Introduction to development economics / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Subrata Ghatak. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 4th ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London ; |
| -- | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2003. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvii, 458 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 26 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Previous ed.: 1994. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-451) and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Characteristics of the less developed countries; 1.3 Types of markets in less developed countries; 1.4 Production conditions in less developed countries; 1.5 Growth and development; 1.6 Human development index; Appendix 1.1 Measurement of income inequality; Appendix 1.2 A note on production functions; PART I The economic theory of growth and development. 2 Growth Theories And Their Relevance To Less Developed Countries2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Classical scenario; 2.3 The Keynesian theory and less developed countries; 2.4 The Harrod-Domar model and its applications; 2.5 The neoclassical theory and less developed countries; 2.6 Marx's theory and less developed countries; 2.7 The Kaldor-Mirrlees model; 2.8 The neoclassical growth accounting formula and the new endogenous growth theory; 2.9 Differences in economic growth; Appendix 2.1 The basic equations of the neoclassical economic growth model; Appendix 2.2 Endogenous growth models. 3 Dual Economy Models3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The 'surplus' labour and its contribution to development; 3.3 The Fei-Ranis model; 3.4 The Jorgenson model; 3.5 Some extensions of the dual economy models: the Dixit-Marglin model; 3.6 The Kelly et al. model; 3.7 Dual economy models: a critique; Appendix 3.1 Employment and growth; Part II Investment, saving, foreign resources and industrialization in less developed countries; 4 Allocation Of Resources: Investment Criteria; 4.1 The need for investment criteria in less developed countries; 4.2 The capital turnover criterion. 4.3 The social marginal productivity criterion4.4 The maximization of the rate of creation of investible surplus principle; 4.5 The reinvestible surplus criterion; 4.6 Balanced and unbalanced growth; Appendix 4.1 The dichotomy between savings and output maximization and its solution; 5 Domestic Resources For Development; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The nature of money markets in less developed countries; 5.3 Money and economic growth; 5.4 Inflation and economic growth; 5.5 Financial liberalization in LDCs: causes and consequences; 5.6 Objectives of fiscal policy in less developed countries. 5.7 Fiscal policy and growth5.8 Deficit financing and less developed countries; 5.9 The tax structure in less developed countries; 5.10 Taxation and domestic resource mobilization in less developed countries: the evidence; 5.11 Tax reforms in less developed countries in the; 5.12 Budgetary deficits and Ricardian equivalence: the case of India; 6 Foreign Resources And Economic Development; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The concept of foreign resources; 6.3 Criteria for distribution of foreign resources; 6.4 Different types of foreign resource; 6.5 Dual-gap analysis and its evaluation. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Economic development. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Development economics. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Developing countries |
| General subdivision | Economic policy. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | 16/03/2018 | M.R. Books | 8037.92 | 338.9 GHA/I | 46161 | 11/07/2018 | 11/07/2018 | General Books |