Routledge Library Editions: Development
About the Book Series
Routledge Library Editions: Development will re-issue works which address economic, political and social aspects of development. Published over more than four decades these books trace the emergence of development as one of the most important contemporary issues and one of the key areas of study for modern social science.
Factors in Economic Development
1st Edition
By A. K. Cairncross
February 28, 2013
First published in 1961, this work is a compendium of essays written by esteemed economist Sir Alexander Cairncross, pertaining to the theme of economic development. A wide cross-section of factors are taken into account in this extensive collection of articles, amongst which are the importance of ...
Finance and Economic Growth in Developing Countries
1st Edition
By K. L. Gupta
February 28, 2013
First published in 1984, this study analyses contemporary research into the role of financial development as a means of accelerating the economic growth of developing countries. The author analyses both the ‘financial structuralist’ and ‘financial repressionist’ schools of thought in order to ...
Fiscal Policy in Underdeveloped Countries: With Special Reference to India
1st Edition
By Raja J. Chelliah
February 28, 2013
Originally published in 1960, with a second edition in 1969, this book is of special interest for having been the first systematic attempt to discuss problems of fiscal policy from the point of view of promoting economic growth in underdeveloped countries. It deals mainly with problems of tax ...
Food Aid and the Developing World: Four African Case Studies
1st Edition
By Christopher Stevens
February 28, 2013
Food aid is a controversial form of development assistance and this book, first published in 1979, seeks to counter allegations from critics by taking account of both direct and indirect affects. Based on field research in Tunisia, Botswana, Upper Volta and Lesotho, it considers aid from the UK, ...
Food and Poverty: The Political Economy of Confrontation
1st Edition
By Radha Sinha
February 28, 2013
First published in 1976, this book deals with contemporary tensions between the West and the Third World, caused by hunger, malnutrition and poverty, perpetuated by an imbalance in the distribution of world resources. The book deals with the issue of malnutrition in the Third World, which owes much...
Indian Economic Policy and Development
1st Edition
By P. T. Bauer
February 28, 2013
Professor Bauer’s book, first published in 1961, reviews the major elements of contemporary official Indian development policy, considers their economic implications and their probable political and economic results. He then examines alternative approaches to the promotion of development. The ...
New Seeds and Poor People
1st Edition
By Michael Lipton, Richard Longhurst
February 28, 2013
First published in 1989, this book deals with the impact of cereal production upon the Third World, specifically ‘Modern Varieties’ (MVs). Using evidence from plant breeding, economics and nutrition science, the authors seek to pinpoint what has been achieved, what has gone wrong and what needs to ...
Africa and Europe: From Partition to Independence or Dependence?
1st Edition
Edited
By Amadu Sesay
February 13, 2013
It is now over 100 years since the Berlin Conference of 1884 which started the ‘Scramble for Africa’ whereby the various European powers carved up the African Continent between themselves. During the last century the relationship between Africa and Europe has changed dramatically – from a colonial ...
Agrarian Reform in Contemporary Developing Countries: A Study Prepared for the International Labour Office within the Framework of the World Employment Programme
1st Edition
Edited
By Ajit Kumar Ghose
February 13, 2013
Initially published in 1983, in association with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), this book is about the meaning, relevance and process of agrarian reform in contemporary developing countries. It includes seven detailed case studies – one each on Ethiopia, Peru, Chile, Nicaragua, Iran, ...
Agricultural Development and Economic Integration in Latin America
1st Edition
By Montague Yudelman, Frederic Howard
February 13, 2013
First published in 1970, this study is concerned with both the theoretical and the practical problems involved with agricultural development and economic integration in Latin America, with particular emphasis on those countries which are embraced by the Latin American Free Trade Association.The ...
Aid and Inequality in Kenya: British Development Assistance to Kenya
1st Edition
By Gerald Holtham, Arthur Hazelwood
February 13, 2013
This reissue, first published in 1976, considers the rapid rate of economic growth in Kenya, combined with its apparent political stability, to determine whether or not this is indeed a case of ‘growth without development’ and, if so, where the responsibility for aid lies in this situation. The ...
America and the Third World: Revolution and Intervention
1st Edition
By John Girling
February 13, 2013
John Girling’s book, first published in 1980, investigates the relationship between America and the Third World, centring on three main themes: the nature of American involvement in the Third World, the challenge posed by the rival Super-Power; and the Changes both in US-Soviet relations (from ...