Handbook of development economics. Volume 4 / edited by Hollis Chenery and T.N. Srinivasan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vol -- 1: Economic Development: Concepts and Approaches --
Introduction (T.N. Srinivasan). The concepts of development (A. Sen). The roots of development theory (W.A. Lewis). Alternative approaches to development economics (P. Bardhan). Analytics of development: Dualism (G. Ranis). Economic organization, information, and development (J. Stiglitz). Long-run income distribution and growth (L. Taylor, P. Arida). Structural Transformation --
Introduction (H. Chenery). Patterns of structural change (M. Syrquin). The agricultural transformation (C.P. Timmer). Industrialization and trade (H. Pack). Saving and development (M. Gersovitz). Migration and urbanization (J.G. Williamson). Human Resources and Labor Markets --
Introduction (T.N. Srinivasan). Economic approaches to population growth (N. Birdsall). Education investments and returns (T.P. Schultz). Health and nutrition (J. Behrman, A. Deolalikar). Labor markets in Low-income countries (M. Rosenzweig). Credit markets and interlinked transactions (C. Bell). Vol --
3A: Preface --
Analytical Tools --
Introduction (J. Behrman, T.N. Srinivasan). Data and econometric tools for development analysis (A. Deaton). Human resources: Empirical modeling of household and family decisions (J. Strauss, D. Thomas). Applied general equilibrium models for policy analysis (J.W. Gunning, M. Keyzer). Resources, Technology, and Institutions --
Introduction (J. Behrman, T.N. Srinivasan). Savings, credit and insurance (T. Besley). Technological change and technology strategy (R.E. Evenson, L.E. Westphal). Institutions and economic development (J.Y. Lin, J.B. Nugent). Poverty, institutions, and the environmental-resource base (P. Dasgupta, K.-G. Maler). Vol --
3B: Policy Reform, Stabilization, Structural Adjustment and Growth --
Introduction (J. Behrman, T.N. Srinivasan). Policy lessons from development experience since the second world war (A. Krueger). Poverty and policy (M. Lipton, M. Ravallion). Power, distortions, revolt and reform in agricultural land relations (H. Binswanger et al.). Human and physical infrastructure: investment and pricing policies in developing countries (E. Jiminez). Structural adjustment, stabilization and policy reform: domestic and international finance (V. Corbo, S. Fischer). Trade and industrial policy reform (D. Rodrik). The contributions of endogenous growth theory to the analysis of development problems: an assessment (P. Bardhan). Vol --
5: Introduction: Linking Development Policy with Development Research --
Dani Rodrik (Harvard) and Mark Rosenzweig (Yale) 63 Trade, foreign investment, and industrial policy for developing countries --
Ann Harrison (Berkeley) and Andres Rodriguez-Clare (Penn State) 64. Monetary and exchange rate policies --
Eduardo Levy Yeyati (Torcuato Di Tella) and Federico Sturzenegger (Harvard) 65. Financial globalization and economic policies --
M. Ayhan Kose (IMF), Eswar Prasad (IMF), Kenneth Rogoff (Harvard), and Shang-Jin Wei (IMF) 66. Policies towards international labor flows --
Gordon Hanson (UC-San Diego) 67. Aid and conditionality --
Jonathan Temple (Bristol) 68. Improvement and extension of property rights --
Tim Besley (LSE) and Maitreesh Ghatak (LSE) 69. Governance and development --
James Robinson (Harvard) 70. Labor regulations, unions, and social protection in developing countries: market distortions or efficient institutions? --
Richard Freeman (Harvard) 71. Access to finance: credit markets, insurance, and saving --
Dean Karlan (Yale) and Jonathan Morduch (NYU) 72. Population and health policies --
T. Paul Schultz (Yale) 73. Investment in education --
inputs and incentives --
Jere Behrman (Univ --
of Pennsylvania) 74. The place of nature in economic development --
Partha Dasgupta (Universities of Cambridge and Manchester). 1 --
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