Thirlwall, A. P. <br/><br/>
Growth & development with special reference to developing economies. / 
A.P. Thirlwall. 
 - 8th ed. 
 - New York :  Palgrave Macmillan,  2006. 
 - xxx, 685p. :  ill. ;  25cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references  and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Contents: Development and underdevelopment: The study of economic development -- The development gap and the measurement of poverty -- The characteristics of underdevelopment and structural change -- Theories of economic growth: Why growth rates differ between countries -- Factors in the development process: Land, labour and agriculture -- Capital and technical progress -- Obstacles to development: Dualism, centre-periphery models and the process of cumulative causation -- Population and development -- The role of the state, the allocation of resources, sustainable development and the choice of techniques: Resource allocation in developing countries: The market mechanism and the role of the state -- Project appraisal, social cost-benefit analysis and shadow wages -- Development and the environment -- The choice of techniques -- Input-output analysis -- Financing economic development: Financing development from domestic resources -- Foreign assistance, debt and development -- International trade, the balance of payments and development: Trade and development -- The balance of payments, international monetary assistance and development. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1403996008 (cloth) 1403996016 (paper) 9781403996008 9781403996015 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005047559 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic development.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Developing countries--Economic conditions.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD82.T48 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.9/009172/4