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This is the first of two volumes bringing together Irma Adelman's contributions to development economics. It features her seminal papers on development strategies and the role of institutions in economic development.
Economic research monograph analysing the interactions of economic growth, political participation and income distribution in non-communist developing countries - asserts, on the basis of analyses of social indicators and economic indicators from 74 countries for the period 1957 to 1968, that economic development programmes of the 1950's and 1960's have done nothing to alleviate human poverty, suggests the major components of alternative economic policies for countries at different development levels, and describes the research method. References and statistical tables.
"First rate, comprehensive analysis-presented in a manner that makes it extremely valuable to policymakers."--Robert N. Nathan, Robert Nathan Associates In this volume, policy syntheses are proposed to reconcile the goals of growth, equity, and adjustment, to strike fresh balances between agricultural and industrial promotion and between capital and other inputs, and to reflect the interplay of democracy and development. This volume includes contributions by John P. Lewis, Irma Adelman, John W. Mellor, Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Leopoldo Solis, Aurelio Montemayor, Colin I. Bradford, Jr., Alex Duncan, and Atul Kohli.
This book presents a generation of village-wide modelling designed to capture the interactions among households that shape impacts on rural economies.