Development policy and economic theory /

Development policy and economic theory / - Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992. - x, 323 p. ;

Includes index.

Pt. I. Perspectives. Development Economics and the Indian Experience / Sukhamoy Chakravarty. Food and Freedom / Amartya Sen --
Pt. II. Theoretical Issues. Why Might Poverty be Impervious to Industrial Progress? / Mukesh Eswaran and Ashok Kotwal. Some Reflections on the Use of the Concept of Power in Economics / Pranab Bardhan. On the Economic Theory of Quantity Controls / Debra Ray and Arunava Sen. Theories of Interlinkage in Agrarian Markets. A Critical Appraisal / T.C.A. Anant and Badal Mukherji --
Pt. III. Experience. Measurement of Income Mobility: An Application to India / Dipankar Coondoo and Bhaskar Dutta. Optimal Commodity Taxes and Consumer Behaviour in India: Theory and Empirical Evidence / Ranjan Ray. The Politics and Economics of Drought in India / Surjit S. Bhalla and Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay --
Pt. IV. Open Economy Issues. Multinationals, Technology and Government Policy / Nirvikar Singh. Modernization, Employment and Foreign Borrowing / Abhirup Sarkar --
Pt. V. Macroeconomic Policy. Terms of Trade and the Rate of Inflation / Prabhat Patnaik. Administered Prices and Deficit Financing: A Macro View / Dipankar Dasgupta. Growth, Inflation and Excess Capacity in a Dual Economy / Amitava Bose.

Seminar papers; in the Indian context.

9780195627640 0195627644


Economic policy.
Economic conditions.
Economíc polítical.

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