"An International Center for Economic Growth publication."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: The Misconceptions of ''development economics'' -- Markets, mandarins and mathematics -- Manners, morals and materialism: some Indian perceptions of America and Great Britain -- Poverty, power and prejudice: The North-South confrontation -- Trade and welfare: The Wistful mercantilism of Mr. Dell -- Politicians, economist and protection: the deaf meet the blind -- Does openness matter? How to appraise the evidence -- Resurrection of the pauper-labour arguement -- Money, exchange rates and economic integration: The Migration of money: From a liberation viewpoint -- Alternative roads to economic integration: the case for currency competition in European integration -- The limits of international cooperation addendum: greenery and the third world -- Trade blocs and multilateral free trade -- Fiscal and social policies: -- Fighting fiscal priviledge: toward a fiscal constitution -- Structural adjustment, the basic needs approach and development policy -- Social policy afte socialism.