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On the Process of Growth and Economic Policy in Developing Countries

By Harberger, Arnold C.

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Title: On the Process of Growth and Economic Policy in Developing Countries  
Author: Harberger, Arnold C.
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Language: English
Subject: United Nations., United Nations. Centre for Economic and Social Information, AID project impact evaluation report
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Harberger, A. C. (n.d.). On the Process of Growth and Economic Policy in Developing Countries. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/


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Excerpt: The aim of this paper is to help readers understand the problems of fostering economic growth and combating poverty in developing countries. It provides insight into how the process of economic growth really works and explores how economic policy can ...

Table of Contents
Contents Figures and Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iv Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Recent Record of Unprecedented Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Dissecting the Process of Economic Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Role of Economic Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Results of Good Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Effects of Trade Liberalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Growth as an Accumulation of ?Changes in Level? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The Role of ?Creative Destruction? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Infrastructure and Economic Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Exploring Successful Growth Episodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 More on Export Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Project Evaluation as a Development Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Economic Growth and Poverty Relief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Appendix 1. Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Appendix 2. Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 References and Selected Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

 
 



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