Industrial Development. A Guide for Accelerating Economic Growth

Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, new York, London, Toronto, 1960

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Sprache: Deutsch Leineneinband gr. 8;; 282 Seiten; Bibliotheksstempel auf Rückseite Haupttitel; Klappentext auf buchinnendeckel aufgeklebt, einige unterstreichungen mit Bleistift im Text; Tabellen - As an academic discipline, economic development has come of age. There is no dearth of theories explaining the causation, route, and stages in the development of countries. The problems of seeking capital, opening new land and altering demographic and ecological patterns, financing with or without inflation, combating unemployment, are all amply covered in the textbooks of the day. Theories and explanations of growth are debated in the learned journals, and the characteristics and definitions of the underdeveloped world are much discussed, if not well known. Those of us who teach courses in economic development have been overwhelmed by the wealth of material that is our heritage. Still, in teaching my own course, I have often wished that there was a book (just one book would do) to explain, in down-to-earth fashion, how to go about tackling the job of development. There are certain basic principles for distinguishing good from bad projects, for assigning priorities, and for translating the theory of comparative advantage into a choice among specific investment alternatives. Many of these principles are already discussed in books on investment banking and business management, bur until now the analytical tools have not been systematically applied to the job of economic development. The present book covers the problems of analysis, choice, and financing of industrial projects whose profitability is treated from the point of view of both individual businesses and the economy as a whole. - - -. …

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Title
Industrial Development. A Guide for Accelerating Economic Growth
Author
Bryce, Murray D.:
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Book Company, new York, London, Toronto
Publication year
1960
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Hardcover
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