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.
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SUBJECT |
Developing countries -- Dependency on foreign countries.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114839
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Developing countries -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037344
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Author |
Aldcroft, Derek Howard.
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Catterall, Ross, 1948-
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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
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LC no. |
95019498 |
ISBN |
1858980593 |
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