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Industry and trade in some developing countries : a comparative study /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Industry and trade in some developing countriesPublication details: London : New York ; Published for the Development Centre of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development by Oxford U.P., c1970.Description: xxii, 512 pISBN:
  • 0192153358
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.9'009 LIT
LOC classification:
  • HC59.7 .L426
Summary: The book examines industrialisation with reference to policies, trade, exports and a a host of other related issues. The authors argue that in many developing countries, industry was over encouraged relative to agriculture and this was done in a manner which unnecessarily discouraged both industrial and agricultural exports. Inward looking, high cost, imports substitution development was the result, which in addition to discouraging exports, also made it easy to earn high profits. The authors argue that alternative policies could achieve greater efficiency and higher employment both in the industrial and agricultural sectors, and a fairer distribution of wealth
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library General Stacks 338.9'009 LIT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31008100498043
Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library General Stacks Non-fiction 338.9'009 LIT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31008100498050

Includes bibliographical references: p. [471]-488.

The book examines industrialisation with reference to policies, trade, exports and a a host of other related issues. The authors argue that in many developing countries, industry was over encouraged relative to agriculture and this was done in a manner which unnecessarily discouraged both industrial and agricultural exports. Inward looking, high cost, imports substitution development was the result, which in addition to discouraging exports, also made it easy to earn high profits. The authors argue that alternative policies could achieve greater efficiency and higher employment both in the industrial and agricultural sectors, and a fairer distribution of wealth

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