Economic structuralists use a broad, systemwide approach to understanding development, and this textbook assumes a structuralist perspective in its investigation of why a host of developing countries have failed to grow at 2 percent or more since 1960. Sensitive to the wide range of factors that...

Historically, agriculture has been crucial to Pakistan's economic growth and development and remains so even today. The sector employs almost half of the country's labor force, supplies key inputs to the country's manufacturing sector, generates a significant share of export earnings, and...

Latin American neo-structuralism is a cutting-edge, regionally focused economic theory with broad implications for macroeconomics and development economics. Roberto Frenkel has spent five decades developing the theory's core arguments and expanding their application throughout the discipline,...

Biographical note: GalbraithJohn Kenneth: John Kenneth Galbraith was Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Harvard University. James Goodman is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University.

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Part I. PLANNING, MACRO-MODELS, AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY -- 1. A Growth Model and Its Application - Pakistan / Tims, Wouter -- 2. Econometric Models in Development Planning - Pakistan, Argentina, Liberia / Conrad, Alfred Η. -- 3. The...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- 1. Pakistan's Development: An Introductory Perspective / Falcon, Walter P. / Stern, Joseph J. -- 2. Growth, Development, and Regional Equity in Pakistan / Stern, Joseph J. -- 3. West Pakistan Exports: Effective Taxation, Policy...