New Directions in Development Economics: Growth, Environmental Concerns and Government in the 1990s (Routledge Studies in Development Economics, 3)

New Directions in Development Economics is divided into two parts. The first half considers the dilemna of growth with special reference to its environmental cost. The second half focuses on the role of the state in the context of the growing dominance of the free market argument. The contributors include Paul Collier, Partha Dasgupta, Ronald Findlay and Deepak Lal. BOOK COVER......Page 1 HALF-TITLE......Page 2 SERIES......Page 3 TITLE......Page 4 COPYRIGHT......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 FIGURES......Page 8 TABLES......Page 10 NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS......Page 12 PREFACE......Page 16 OPENING REMARKS......Page 17 WELCOME ADDRESS......Page 21 1 INTRODUCTION......Page 26 PART I GROWTH, INNOVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 48 2 MACROPOLICIES FOR THE TRANSITION FROM STABILIZATION TO GROWTH......Page 49 3 CONSTRAINTS ON AFRICAN GROWTH......Page 71 4 LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN SUB SAHARAN......Page 81 5 HOW PAINFUL IS THE TRANSITION?......Page 116 6 TECHNOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT......Page 141 7 DEVELOPMENTAL REGIONALISM......Page 167 8 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT......Page 182 9 THE CAPTURE OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE......Page 205 10 ENVIRONMENTAL TAX REFORM......Page 224 PART II THE ROLE OF THE STATE......Page 248 11 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WOBBLY......Page 249 12 ROLE OF THE AFRICAN STATE IN BUILDING AGENCIES OF RESTRANT......Page 275 13 PARTICIPATION, MARKETS AND DEMOCRACY......Page 289 14 STYLIZING ACCUMULATION IN AFRICAN......Page 310 15 ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING, COPING......Page 335 16 FROM GATT TO WTO......Page 370 17 GOVERNMENT, TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL......Page 397 INDEX......Page 403 Opening Remarks / Alf T. Samuelsson -- Welcome Address / Anders Wijkman -- 1. Introduction / Mats Lundahl And Benno J. Ndulu -- 2. Macropolicies For The Transition From Stabilization To Growth / Jose Maria Fanelli And Roberto Frenkel -- 3. Constraints On African Growth / Arne Bigsten -- 4. Long-term Development And Sustainable Growth In Sub-saharan Africa / Ibrahim A. Elbadawi And Benno J. Ndulu -- 5. How Painful Is The Transition? Reflections On Patterns Of Economic Growth, Long Waves And The Ict Revolution / Claes Brundenius -- 6. Technological Implications Of Structural Adjustment: Some Lessons From India / Malur R. Bhagavan -- 7. Developmental Regionalism / Bjorn Hettne -- 8. Environmental Resources And Economic Development / Partha Dasgupta And Karl-goran Maler -- 9. The Capture Of Global Environmental Value / David Pearce -- 10. Environmental Tax Reform: Theory, Industrialized Country Experience And Relevance In Ldcs / Thomas Sterner. Edited By Mats Lundahl And Benno J. Ndulu. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This volume is divided into two thematic parts: economic growth (or its absence) in developing countries; and contributions to the debate on the role of the state versus the market. It outlines possible policy prescriptions of relevance both in the North and South This essential reference work reflects topical trends of thought and identifies prevailing problems and solutions. The first half focuses on economic growth and the second examines the role of the state versus the market.