Rural Industrialization Objectives: The Income- Employment Conflict
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Several years ago, the United Nations sponsored a meeting on rural industrialization. The report of the meeting stated that development strategy revolved around goals such as employment, social development and environmental preservation. Two main aspects of rural industrial development are the problems of unemployment and low standard of living. Ideally, rural industrialization should create more jobs and increase remuneration. It is possible that job increases may only occur if remuneration is kept low. It is debatable whether jobs and/or salary should be increased. Rural northeast Brazil is examined in this regard.
Publication Name: World Development
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0305-750X
Year: 1984
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The pendelum swings - an apt analogy? 1997 northeastern universities development consortium conference keynote talk
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A scholar observes that his fascination for development economics stems from a belief that developing countries do indeed exhibit different economic features and this has been borne out by his personal empirical research. This is contrary to the existing trend of thought that there is, in terms of economics, no essential difference between developed and developing countries. This existing trend of thought is illustrated in a certain study which claims that there is no difference between the economies of Asian 'miracle' countries and other developed or developing economies.
Publication Name: World Development
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0305-750X
Year: 1998
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Editorial: bringing production back in - understanding government's economic role in late industrialization
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The government's role in industrializing developing countries should be one that is based on production. Development economists should concentrate their efforts on analyzing the development of firms and industries rather than placing too much emphasis on market exchanges and on the determination of market prices. The current rate of industrialization in developing countries would improve if governments would develop good microeconomic policies and if economists would return to the theories of Adam Smith.
Publication Name: World Development
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0305-750X
Year: 1997
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