Economic development in the Third World: an introduction to problems and policies in a global perspective
Part I of the book focuses on the nature and meaning of underdevelopment and its various manifestations in Third World nations. It also examines the historical growth experience of the now developed countries and ascertains the degree to which this experience is relevant to contemporary developing nations. Parts II and III are concerned with major development problems and policies, both domestic and international. Topics of analysis and review include economic growth, poverty and income distribution, population, unemployment, migration, technology, agricultural and rural development, education, international trade and finance, foreign aid, and private foreign investment. Finally, Part IV reviews the possibilities and prospects for Third World development. After discussing the theory and practice of development planning and the role and limitations of public policy in the development process, it analyzes the evolving world economy of the 1970s and the place of less-developed nations in an increasingly interdependent, but highly unequal global system. The impact of the recent energy, food, and fertilizer crises on the economies of developing nations is closely examined, and growing Third World demands for a new international economic order in the context of greater collective self-reliance are reviewed and analyzed.
- OSTI ID:
- 5174663
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AGRICULTURE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMY
EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT
FOREIGN POLICY
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INCOME
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INVESTMENT
POPULATION DYNAMICS
TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION