Cases in Economic Development: Projects, Policies and Strategies
presents cases on project analysis, sectoral planning, and
macroeconomic policies. The cases are set in an imaginary country
called Beracia in order to simulate actual planning experience.
Beracia has been designed with a greater than normal range of
problems, so that it can encompass the features of mineral-rich
countries such as Zambia and Peru; agrarian economies such as the
Philippines and Ivory Coast; and aspiring exporters of manufactures
such as Colombia and Pakistan. This text has 11 cases divided into
five sections. After providing an overview of development planning,
development goals and strategies, and planning theory and practice,
the book introduces the fictional country in the next section, which
presents four reports similar to World Bank economic reports on
developing countries (economic and political developments; income and
employment; trade and payments; and fiscal and financial
developments). Sufficient data are elaborated to explain the
economy’s salient features. The third section focuses on assumptions
and controversies surrounding project analysis, while the section on
sectorial planning introduces the reader to input-output analysis,
efficiency indicators, education planning, and industrial strategy.
The section on macroeconomic planning covers macroeconomic forecasts;
balance-of-payments crisis; fiscal planning and reform; and income
inequality and poverty. The cases span many sectors, from mining and
agriculture to manufacturing, transport, education, and health. This
book is written primarily for students, professional economists, and
experienced policy analysts.
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ISBN
9781483163567
Publisert
2016
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Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann
Språk
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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