A Re-Appraisal of Forestry Development in Developing Countries: 8 (Forestry Sciences, 8) - Hardcover

Douglas, J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9024728304 ISBN 13: 9789024728305

Publisher: Springer, 1983

Synopsis

This book is directed at foresters who work, or have an interest, in the developing world, and at development analysts and theorists who are concerned with the forestry sector. Most readers will be aware that in recent years, some fundamental changes in thinking about the development process in very poor countries have occurred. At one level, the underdevelopment problem has been explained as a lack of absorptive capacity, or implementation ability in very poor countries. However, it now seems that these are only symptoms of a more profound ailment in the whole economic structural and philosophical approach to development. The idea that poor countries could transform their economies through an accelerated process of industrialisation has proved largely incorrect, or at least highly premature. Within the rural sector, emphasis on productivity and aggregate income growth have been shown to have had little effect or, worse still, negative effects, on the burgeoning group of poor and landless rural dwellers.

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Review

`The quality of the contents is of such a high level that the book deserves to be brought to the attention of as wide an audience as possible.'
Economic Botany, 39
`The book is well structured and is a welcome contribution to the literature on the development crisis. The Book should be read by all foresters and planners concerned with the development of the forestry sector.'
Australian Journal of Agriculture Economics (December 1984)

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9024728304
• ISBN 13: 9789024728305
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 189