Development economics and policy : the conference volume to celebrate the 85th birthday of Professor Sir Hans Singer / edited by David Sapsford and John-ren Chen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singer, H. W. (Hans Wolfgang), 1910-2006.

Sapsford, David.

Chen, John-ren.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Development economics--Congresses.

Development economics.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xiii, 569 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press ; New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Summary:

This book contains papers by some of the most distinguished academics and practitioners in the development economics field, and it represents a tribute to the many contributions of Hans Singer.

Contents:

2 The Influence of Trade on Economic Development / Sir Alec Cairncross 12

Part I The Prebisch-Singer Terms of Trade Hypothesis

3 The Prebisch-Singer Terms of Trade Hypothesis: Some (Very) New Evidence / David Sapsford, John-ren Chen 25

4 Prebisch and Singer Effects on the Terms of Trade between Primary Producers and Manufacturers / Harry Bloch, David Sapsford 35

5 The Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis Revisited / Alfred Maizels, Theodosios Palaskas, Trevor Crowe 63

6 A Contribution to Empirical Research on the Prebisch-Singer Thesis / John-ren Chen, Herbert Stocker 86

Part II Trade Strategies, Growth and Development

7 Trade Orientation and Economic Development: Theory and Evidence / David Greenaway, Wyn Morgan 111

8 The Strategic Use of Trade Policies for Development: Some General Equilibrium Issues / Andrew McKay, Chris Milner 133

9 Liberalization, Privatization and the Pace of Economic Development in Taiwan / John-ren Chen 146

10 Redistribution without Growth / Richard Jolly 172

Part III Theory and Practice of Development

11 Distributional Inequity in International Comparative Perspective: Causes and Consequences / Kwan S. Kim 183

12 Food Aid, North-South Trade, and the Prebisch-Singer Thesis / Kunibert Raffer 230

13 Endogenous Technical Progress and North-South Terms of Trade: Modelling the Ideas of Prebisch and Singer on the Lines of Kalecki-Kaldor / Prabirjit Sarkar 249

Part IV The Distribution of Gains in the Context of Uneven Development

14 Direct Foreign Investment and North-South Trade: Uneven Development or Convergent Growth? / Amitava Dutt 259

15 The Distribution of Gains between Investing and Borrowing Countries Revisited: The Case of India's Computer Software Sector / V.N. Balasubramanyam, Ahalya Balasubramanyam 287

16 A Prebisch-Singer Growth Model and the Debt Crises / Thomas Ziesemer 300

17 Uncertainty in a Model of Small Agriculture in Peru: Some Preliminary Results / Hans Jurgen Jaksch 318

18 The Interest Costs of a Buffer Stock is Not a Social Cost / John Spraos 336

19 Supra-National Compensation Schemes for Temporary Export Losses: A Critique / John Toye 349

Part V The Role of the International Agencies

20 The World Bank, 'Global Keynesianism' and the Distribution of the Gains from Growth / Paul Mosley 375

21 An Economic and Social Security Council at the United Nations / Frances Stewart, Sam Daws 389

22 The IMF as International Lender of Last Resort? A Reappraisal after the 'Tequila Effect' / Nicholas Snowden 418

23 The World Food Programme: Linking Relief and Development / John Shaw 437

24 Employment and Development / Samir Radwan 485

25 Reaching the Poor: Prospects and Constraints / Sartaj Aziz 503

26 The Role of the International Agencies: An Assessment / Jon Wilmshurst 507

Part VI Hans Singer: Student and Scholar

27 Joseph A. Schumpeter: The Man and the Economist / Wolfgang Stolper 511

28 Modern Relevance of Keynesianism in the Study of Development / Hans W. Singer 524.

Notes:

Papers presented at the conference which was held between the 1st and 5th May 1996 at the Grillhof Conference Centre, Vill, Innsbruck, Austria.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0312210418

0333678982

OCLC:

37246328