Problems in Economic Development: Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Theories of Economic Growth in Capitalist Countries....Pages 3-20
Problems in the Theory of Growth Under Socialism....Pages 21-54
Factors Influencing the Economic Development of Socialist Countries....Pages 55-74
The Place of Agriculture in Balanced Growth....Pages 75-91
Education, Research and Other Unidentified Factors in Growth....Pages 92-111
Historical Experience of Economic Development....Pages 112-138
International Aid and Growth....Pages 139-169
The Role of Taxation in Economic Development....Pages 170-195
The Control of Inflation in Conditions of Rapid Economic Growth....Pages 196-211
On Some Determinants of Saving in Developed and Under-Developed Countries....Pages 212-227
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Facts and Observations on Labour Productivity in Western Europe, North America and Japan....Pages 231-240
Industrial Labour Productivity in Non-Western Countries Since 1945....Pages 241-256
Stages of Industrialization and Labour Productivity....Pages 257-265
Productivity Growth and Accumu-Lation as Historical Processes....Pages 266-294
The Effects of Technology on Productivity....Pages 295-310
Wages, Productivity and Industrialization....Pages 311-319
Wages and Productivity in Great Britain....Pages 320-328
Contributions of Management to Productivity....Pages 329-335
The Contribution of Workers to Productivity Growth....Pages 336-349
Evaluation of Factors Affecting Productivity....Pages 350-362
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Round Table Discussion of Problems of Individual Countries....Pages 363-369
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
Simple Devices for Development Planning....Pages 373-390
Approaches to Development Planning....Pages 391-410
Discretionary or Formalized Planning....Pages 411-427
Behavioural and Technical Change in Economic Models....Pages 428-443
Optimum Organization of a National Economy: Branch and Territorial Planning....Pages 444-455
Frontiers and Interrelations of Regional Planning....Pages 456-470
Regional Planning and Urban Development....Pages 471-479
Front Matter....Pages 481-481
Economic Development and World Trade....Pages 483-497
Commodity Terms of Trade of Primary Producing Countries....Pages 498-509
The Terms of Trade....Pages 510-529
Long Cycles of Economic Growth: Does the Kondratieff Cycle Still Survive Today?....Pages 530-552
International Commodity Arrangements....Pages 553-573
Marketing Boards....Pages 574-598
The International Tin Scheme....Pages 599-616
Back Matter....Pages 617-626