The strategy of international development : essays in the economics of backwardness / H. W. Singer ; edited by Alec Cairncross and Mohinder Puri

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Recent Trends in Economic Thought on Underdeveloped Countries....Pages 1-21 Keynesian Models of Economic Development and Their Limitations: an Analysis in the Light of Gunnar Myrdal’s ‘Asian Drama’....Pages 22-42 The Distribution of Gains between Investing and Borrowing Countries....Pages 43-57 The Distribution of Gains Revisited....Pages 58-66 Dualism Revisited: a New Approach to the Problems of the Dual Society in Developing Countries....Pages 67-90 Trade Liberalization and Economic Development....Pages 91-113 Some Problems of International Aid....Pages 114-132 Employment Problems in Developing Countries....Pages 133-144 International Policy and Its Effect on Employment....Pages 145-157 Unemployment in an African Setting: Lessons of the Employment Strategy Mission to Kenya....Pages 158-172 Income Distribution and Population Growth....Pages 173-188 Science and Technology for the Development of Poorer Countries....Pages 189-207 Multinational Corporations and Technology Transfer: Some Problems and Suggestions....Pages 208-233 Back Matter....Pages 235-248 Monograph of essays on problems of economic development in developing countries and on relevant development policy - discusses aspects of foreign investment, trade liberalization, development aid, employment creation, income distribution, population growth, technology transfer, the role of multinational enterprise, etc. References