Title: The Flexible economy : causes and consequences of the adaptability of national economies /
Authors: Killick, Tony.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Economic development Case studies; Structural adjustment (Economic policy) Case studies.; Economic history
Contents: Relevance, meaning and determinants of flexibility / Tony Killick -- Flexibility and long-term economic development / Moshe Syrquin -- Flexibility in economic theory / Kaushik Basu -- Economic adaptability in the long term / E.L. Jones -- Adapting the economies of Eastern Europe : behavioural and institutional aspects of flexibility / Alexander Neuber -- Economic inflexibility in Africa : evidence and causes / Tony Killick -- Explaining 'flexible rigidities' in East Asia / Ha-Joon Chang -- A comparative study of flexibility in the response of natioal economies to the oil-price shocks / Peter Smith and Alistair Ulph -- Industrial adaptation and technological capabilities in developing countries / Sanjaya Lall -- Flexibility in finance / Maxwell J. Fry -- The political determinants of economic flexibility, with special reference to the East Asian NICs / David Seddon and Tim Belton-Jones -- Conclusions : economic flexibility, progress and policies / Tony Killick.