In recent years there has been considerable discussion as to the nature and scope of development economics as a subdiscipline with in economics. Appraisals/critiques have been written by several well-known development economists. This paper attempts a critique of these "critiques" in the light...

Growth models can be viewed in three distinct ways. Firstly, they can be viewed as "analytical filing" devices. Secondly, they can be viewed as casual schemes of explanation. Thirdly, they can be regarded as an example of "instrumental inference". From the point of view of development planning,...