The Flexible Economy is the first volume to explicitly address the nature and determinants of economic adaptability. This collection of specially commissioned papers explores the subject from a wide variety of perspectives. Separate chapters examine the topic as it relates to the industrial and...

Here is a “critical survey of development economics” by an author who has himself made major contributions to that body of literature and who had a strong influence on the way it developed in the 1970s. It is immensely ambitious, not only in the breadth of topics treated but in the author's...

This article utilises historical information to throw light on the forces shaping British aid policies towards Africa. It outlines key long-term policy developments, summarises the influences shaping these policies and comments on the present juncture of UK policies. It shows that, while there...