ECONOMICS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

The late A.P. Thirlwall, formerly Professor of Applied Economics, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

'A useful reference volume, bringing together some of the author's most important work for the first time.'

• Contents: Introduction 1. In Praise of Development Economics 2. Keynes, Economic Development and the Developing Countries 3. A General Model of Growth and Development on Kaldorian Lines 4. Foreign Trade Elasticities in Centre-Periphery Models of Growth and Development 5. The Balance of Payments Constraint, Capital Flows and Growth Rate Differences Between Developing Countries 6. Dual Gap Analysis for the Sudan 7. The IMF Supply Side Approach to Devaluation: An Assessment with Reference to the Sudan 8. Inflation and the Savings Ratio Across Countries 9. Population Growth and Economic Development 10. A Cross Section Study of Population Growth and the Growth of Output and Pwr Capital Income in a Production Function Framework 11. Reconciling the Conflict Between Employment and Savings and Employment and Output in the Choice of Techniques in Developing Countries 12. The Terms of Trade, Debt and Development: With Particular Reference to Africa 13. Trends, Cycles and Asymmetries in the Terms of Trade of Primary Commodities from Developed and Less Developed Countries 14. When is Trade More Valuable than Aid? 15. Foreign Debt and Economic Development 16. An International Comparison of the Causes of Changes in the Debt Service Ratio 1980–85 17. An Analysis of Changes in the Debt Service Ratio for 96 Countries 1986–90 Index