| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 425 pages) : illustrations |
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Equity and efficiency in development : basic concepts / Benjamin Higgins -- Development, equity, and liberation / Kenneth Boulding -- Development, efficiency, and equity in historical perspective / W.W. Rostow -- Equity and efficiency in the "mature" socialist society, the USSR / Nicolas Spulber -- What is the evidence on income inequality and development? / Irma Adelman -- Fiscal equity and economic development / Richard Musgrave -- The status and efficiency of regional development policies / Albert Breton -- Regional policies for equity : can they be justified? / Niles Hansen -- Equity, efficiency, and the managerial paradigm / Robin Marris -- Hunger / Paul Streeten -- The overexpansion of higher education in the Third World / Mark Blaug -- New directions in Canada's foreign aid? : the Winegard Report and beyond / Irving Brecher with the assistance of David Gillies |
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The static welfare economics of foreign aid : a consolidation / Murray C. Kemp -- Trade restrictions versus foreign aid as a means of improving a country's welfare / John S. Chipman -- The underdevelopment of development / Andre Gunder Frank and Marta Fuentes Frank -- Toward a new paradigm? : two views / Donald J. Savoie and Benjamin Higgins |
| Summary |
Equity and Efficiency in Economic Development celebrates the long and illustrious career of Benjamin Higgins, Canada's most eminent development economist. In his honour, a group of world-renowned scholars tackles the most pervasive and baffling of today's economic, social, and political problems: how to design, construct, and administer an economic system that will function efficiently and assure improved living standards while respecting basic principles of individual freedom and social justice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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"Selected works of Benjamin Higgins": pages 421-425 |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Higgins, Benjamin Howard. swd |
| Subject |
Economic development.
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Economic policy.
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economic development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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Economic development
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Economic policy
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Wirtschaftspolitik
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Entwicklungshilfe
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Bibliografie
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Inkomensverdeling.
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Efficiëntie.
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Economische ontwikkeling.
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Développement économique.
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Politique économique.
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Entwicklungsländer
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Festschriften
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Festschriften.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Savoie, Donald J., 1947- editor.
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Brecher, Irving, editor.
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Higgins, Benjamin, 1912-2001, honouree
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| LC no. |
93202273 |
| ISBN |
9780773562998 |
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0773562990 |
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9786612855658 |
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6612855657 |
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