Issues in Contemporary Economics: Volume 3 Policy and Development

Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Public Choice, Markets and the Problem of Ensuring an Adequate Minimum Level of Welfare....Pages 3-23
Environmental and Agricultural Issues: What is the Alternative to Public Choice Theory?....Pages 24-42
Public Choice and Agricultural Policy: The Case of the CAP....Pages 43-71
Political Economy of the Common Agricultural Policy in the European Community....Pages 72-97
Public Choice and Agriculture: An American Example....Pages 98-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Government Policy, Food Security and Nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 121-147
Food Security and Policy Reform in Mali and the Sahel....Pages 148-169
Food Deprivation and Undernutrition in Rural Bangladesh....Pages 170-190
Undernutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is There a Sex Bias?....Pages 191-213
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Real Exchange Rate Policies for Economic Development: A Heterodox Interpretation....Pages 217-240
A Lost Generation? Why Latin American Development Depends on Growth....Pages 241-265
The Determinants of Manufacturing Exports From Latin America....Pages 266-290
Recent Industrial Growth and Development in Kenya: Constraints and Prospects for the Future....Pages 291-311
External Debt Service, Growth and Equity in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Triad Plan....Pages 312-331
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
The Changing Image of Modern Socialism....Pages 335-348
Economic Reforms Versus Central Planning and Monoparty Control....Pages 349-367
Redefining the Government’s Role in Contemporary Collectivist and Market Systems....Pages 368-389
Some Important Issues in the Reform of China’s Planning System....Pages 390-399