Development Economics and Social Justice
Subtitle: Essays in Honour of Ian Livingstone
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781351160049
Subjects: Development economics; Economic policy; Économie du développement; Politique économique
Description: "Professor Ian Livingstone is one of a small group of British development economists who have achieved international renown and recognition. The objective of this book is to pay tribute to his life's work, particularly those aspects which related to key but challenging development issues. These issues include, at a broad level, the understanding of the economic forces determining the development of low income economies, more detailed "micro" work on agricultural development (irrigation in particular), decentralisation and local government finance, small scale enterprises, and large scale manufacturing development. Themes running through his work relate to his over-riding concern for rigour and for socio-economic justice. Ian Livingstone consistently used the traditional tools of economic analysis as a means to increase understanding of development issues - in a way which was, itself, just as radical as the contributions of political scientists and sociologists. This volume has been produced with similar aims."--Provided by publisher
Table of contents: title: Part, PART I: POVERTY REDUCTION; title: chapter 1 Introduction; title: chapter 2 Reaching the Poor: The N eed For a N ew D onor Strategy; title: chapter 3 Structural Adjustm ent and Poverty Reduction in Uganda; title: chapter 4 Poverty, G rowth and Development: Recent Chinese Experience; title: chapter 5 Public Expenditure and Poverty Reduction: Some Current Dilemmas; title: part, PART II: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES; title: chapter 6 A frican D ebt M anagement: Lessons from U ganda; title: chapter 7 Deconcentration, Devolution and Donors: Explaining Centralisation; title: Decentralisation Cycles in Developing Countries; title: chapter 8 The Past and the Present: Reflections on 50 Years of Development Ideas and the UN; title: chapter 9 A Plea in Some D esperation; title: chapter 10 Economic Reform in Vietnam and Tanzania: A Comparative Commentary; title: part, PART III: AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; title: chapter 11 Reflections on the Study of the Irrigation Potential of the Usangu Plains of Tanzania; title: chapter 12 Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Developm ent in Sub-Saharan A frica; title: chapter 13 The 'Sponge Effect' and the Transition from State to Private Agriculture; title: part, PART IV: SMALL-SCALE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT; title: chapter 14 Reflections on Ian Livingstone's Contributions to the Understanding of Small Enterprises; title: chapter 15 East African Micro-Enterprises: The Negotiation of their Labour, Gender and Rural-Urban Relations; title: chapter 16 Economic Efficiency Measures for Small-Scale Enterprises in Developing Countries; title: part, PART V: INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; title: chapter 17 Reflections on Industrialisation Strategies and Experiences in Sub-Saharan Africa; title: chapter 18 Trade Reform and State-Owned Enterprise Restructuring in Vietnam: Implications for Workers.