Centrally planned and administered economy and steep ascent strategy a complete failure -- Development economics-based strategy in less developed countries an incomplete failure -- A shift toward better understood (and appreciated) classical economic prescriptions an incomplete success --...

Tripartite cooperation is thought to be of cardinal importance in the ambit of East-West cooperation, at least for the future. An essential reason for this is probably the expectation that it can be used as an instrument of development aid to the benefit of the Third World. Is this expectation...

Alternative strategies of economic development have received little attention in the literature. Academics rarely compare certain strategic features or assess the performance of different strategies in terms of outcomes. This book seeks to address that gap and to provide a theoretical background...