Dissent on development;: Studies and debates in development economics

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Bauer. P. T.

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Dissent on Development

Even in impoverished countries lacking material and human resources, P. T. Bauer argues, economic growth is  possible under the right conditions. These include a certain amount of  thrift and enterprise among the people, social mores and traditions  which sustain them, and a firm but limited government which permits  market forces to work. Challenging many views about development that are  widely held, Bauer takes on squarely the notion that egalitarianism is  an appropriate goal. He goes on to argue that the population explosion  of less-developed countries has on the whole been a voluntary phenomenon  and that each new generation has lived better than its forebears. He  also critically examines the notion that the policies and practices of  Western nations have been responsible for third world poverty. In a  major chapter, he reviews the rationalizations for foreign aid and finds  them weak; while in another he shows that powerful political clienteles  have developed in the Western nations supporting the foreign aid  process and probably benefiting more from it than the alleged  recipients. Another chapter explores the link between the issue of  Special Drawing Rights by the International Monetary Fund on the one  hand and the aid process on the other.Throughout the book, Bauer  carefully examines the evidence and the light it throws on the  propositions of development. Although the results of his analysis  contradict the conventional wisdom of development economics, anyone who  is seriously concerned with the subject must take them into account.Throughout the book, Bauer carefully examines the evidence and the light it throws on the propositions of development. Although the results of his analysis contradict the conventional wisdom of development economics, anyone who is seriously concerned with the subject must take them into account.

Equality, the Third World and Economic Delusion

Reality and Rhetoric: Studies in the Economics of Development

West African Trade

This groundbreaking work from the hugely influential economist P. T. Bauer, first published in 1954 and reissued with a new introduction in 1963, is a thorough and detailed analysis of the findings of the Colonial Economic Research Committee, from their investigation into the structure of West African Trade and especially the monopolistic tendencies inherent within it. Materials for the study were collected and analysed between 1949 and 1952, offering an invaluable insight into dominant features of contemporary West African Economies and an analysis of their implications.

West African Trade: A Study of Competition, Oligopoly and Monopoly in a Changing Economy

Reference

Routledge

The Development Frontier illustrates author Peter Bauer's characteristic approach, in which economic analysis is allied with careful observation of the economic scene and economic processes in the less developed world. The book is further enriched by his understanding of the interplay between social and political factors and forces conventionally regarded as falling within the purview of economics. One of Bauer's central themes is the crucial importance of traders in transforming subsistence and near-subsistence economies into exchange economies. In contrast to the conventional view that traders are parasitic, Bauer views them as productive: they encourage new wants, convey information about new opportunities, and help producers take advantage of these opportunities. Other major topics include internal trade in less developed countries, occupational distribution and economic advance, Third World debt, price and income stabilization of primary producers, and official resource transfers (foreign aid).

The Development Frontier: Essays in Applied Economics

Harvard University Press

With style and imagination, this iconoclastic work covers the major issues in development economics. In eight carefully reasoned essays, P. T. Bauer challenges most of the accepted notions and supports his views with evidence drawn from a wide range of primary sources and direct experience.The essays were selected on the basis of their interest to students and general readers from Bauer's book, Dissent on Development: Studies and Debates in Development Economics. Reviewing the previous work, the Wall Street Journal wrote: "It could have a profound impact on our thinking about the entire development question... Quite simply, it is no longer possible to discuss development economics intelligently without coming to grips with the many arguments P. T. Bauer marshalled in this extraordinary work."

Dissent on Development: Studies and Debates in Development Economics, First Edition

With style and imagination, this iconoclastic work covers the major issues in development economics. In eight carefully reasoned essays, P. T. Bauer challenges most of the accepted notions and supports his views with evidence drawn from a wide range of primary sources and direct experience.
The essays were selected on the basis of their interest to students and general readers from Bauer's book, Dissent on Development: Studies and Debates in Development Economics. Reviewing the previous work, the Wall Street Journal wrote: "It could have a profound impact on our thinking about the entire development question... Quite simply, it is no longer possible to discuss development economics intelligently without coming to grips with the many arguments P. T. Bauer marshalled in this extraordinary work."

Dissent on Development (Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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Dissent on development;: Studies and debates in development economics

Dissent on Development

Equality, the Third World and Economic Delusion

Reality and Rhetoric: Studies in the Economics of Development

West African Trade: A Study of Competition, Oligopoly and Monopoly in a Changing Economy

West African Trade

Equality, the Third World and Economic Delusion

The Development Frontier: Essays in Applied Economics

Dissent on Development: Studies and Debates in Development Economics, First Edition

Dissent on Development (Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson)