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Title Rich nations, poor nations : the long run perspective / edited by Derek H. Aldcroft and Ross E. Catterall
Published Cheltenham, UK ; Brookfield, Vt. : E. Elgar, [1996]
©1996

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Description xiii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Rich nations - poor nations: the penalty of lateness / Derek H. Aldcroft -- 2. The reserve army of the unmarried in world economic history: flexible fertility regimes and the wealth of nations / J. R. McNeill -- 3. The roots of Latin America's backwardness / Werner Baer and Joseph L. Love -- 4. Economic growth in Europe's Third World: Central and Eastern Europe, 1870-1989 / David F. Good -- 5. Macroeconomic populism and economic failure in Africa since 1960 / Stuart Jones -- 6. Asian stagnation: real or relative? / A. J. H. Latham -- 7. Trade and exchange rate liberalization: the experience of Turkey, Malaysia and India / Subrata Ghatak and Utku Utkulu -- 8. The role of technology in the creation of rich and poor nations: underdevelopment in a Schumpeterian system / Erik S. Reinert -- 9. Capital markets in a divided world / Ross E. Catterall
Analysis Economic conditions
Notes "The original versions of the papers in this volume were presented in Session C42: 'Why the West Grew Rich and the Third World Stagnated', of the Eleventh International Economic History Congress, held at the University of Bocconi, Milan, in September 1994"--Pref
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Economic history.
SUBJECT Developing countries -- Dependency on foreign countries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114839
Developing countries -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037344
Author Aldcroft, Derek Howard.
Catterall, Ross, 1948-
International Economic History Congress. (11th : 1994 : Milan, Italy). Session C42 "Why the West Grew Richer and the Third World Stagnated." Session C42 "Why the West Grew Richer and the Third World Stag
LC no. 95019498
ISBN 1858980593