Development and Change Essays in Honour of K. N. Raj

by Bardhan, Pranab; Datta-Chaudhuri, Mrinal; Krishnan, T. N.

• ISBN13: 9780195631227
• ISBN10: 0195631226
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-02-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This collection of papers in honor of the renowned development economist K.N. Raj includes papers by Amartya Sen, T.N. Srinivasan, Pranab Bardhan, Kaushik Basu, Shigeru Ishikawa, Edmar Bacha, Debraj Ray, and Amit Bhaduri. These, and the many other distinguished authors included in this volume have contributed significantly to development theory and policy, and have greatly influenced the course of development economics over a long period of time. The essays fall into three sections: development theory, comparative development experience, and Indian development experience. The majority of the essays illustrate the tensions and challenges that arise in the process of interaction between economic development and institutional change. They provide a fresh look at development issues and the experiences of the last thirty years. This important collection will be widely read not only by development economists, but also by policy planners and practitioners.

Table of Contents

Preface
Contributors and Editors
K. N. Raj : A Biographical Note
Life Expectancy and Inequality: Some Conceptual Issues	p. 3
Labour Markets, Adaptive Mechanisms, and Nutritional Status	p. 12
Making Institutional Choices	p. 41
The Economics and Politics of Social Democracy	p. 59
Trade and Exchange Rate Policy with a Binding Foreign Exchange Constraint	p. 68
Sustainable Development and the Commons Problem: A Simple Approach	p. 90
Determinants of Household Income in Rural China	p. 105
Poverty in China's Countryside: Legacy and Change	p. 125
Structural Adjustment in China, Egypt and India	p. 146
Stabilization Programmes in Developing Countries: Old Truths and New Elements	p. 170
Paths to Fertility Decline: A Cross-country Analysis	p. 197
Agrarian Reform and Agricultural Development: Some Neglected Dimensions	p. 217
Widening Distances: State Domestic Product Variations, 1961-1981	p. 234
Demand Deficiency and Indian Industrial Development	p. 246
Stabilization and the Control of Central Government Expenditure in India	p. 265
The Second Five Year Plan Strategy: A Reappraisal	p. 301
Quality of Life and Nutritional Status: A Reconsideration of Some Puzzles from Kerala	p. 318
The 'Intermediate Regime': Any Sign of Graduation?	p. 341
Index	p. 353
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