Structural change and development policy [electronic resource]
Structural change and development policy [electronic resource]
the World Bank.
- [Washington, D.C.] World Bank and Oxford University Press c1979.
- 1 online resource (xviii, 526 p.) ill.
- World Bank research publication. .
"DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-7281-4." Title taken from web site (viewed Nov. 30, 2010).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 497-514) and index.
Development prospects and international policy issues -- Prospects for development -- International policy issues -- Structural change and development policy -- Employment trends and issues -- Industrialization -- Urbanization: patterns and policies - - Country development experience and issues -- Growth and equity in semi-industrialized nations -- Development in primary producing countries -- Conclusions.
Structural transformation is particularly important for middle income countries. In dealing with the appropriate policies to be associated with structural changes, this report analyzes the processes of industrialization, urbanization, and the sectoral deployment of labor. The challenges identified, analyzed, and presented for consideration are: (i) creation of job opportunities for an additional half billion people that will join the labor force in the developing countries by 2000; (ii) accommodation of an additional one billion people in the same time perspective in the urban areas of the developing countries in socially acceptable and economically productive conditions; (iii) creation of an international trade environment that is supportive of the development efforts; and (iv) significant steps to the elimination of absolute poverty.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
0195026373 0821372815 (ebook) 9780195026375 9780821372814 (ebook)
Comparative economics.
Economic development.
Population.
âEconomie politique comparâee.
Dâeveloppement âeconomique.
Entwicklungspolitik.
Developing countries--Economic conditions.
Developing countries--Economic policy.
Pays en voie de dâeveloppement.
Electronic books.
HC59.7 / .W659 1979eb
"DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-7281-4." Title taken from web site (viewed Nov. 30, 2010).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 497-514) and index.
Development prospects and international policy issues -- Prospects for development -- International policy issues -- Structural change and development policy -- Employment trends and issues -- Industrialization -- Urbanization: patterns and policies - - Country development experience and issues -- Growth and equity in semi-industrialized nations -- Development in primary producing countries -- Conclusions.
Structural transformation is particularly important for middle income countries. In dealing with the appropriate policies to be associated with structural changes, this report analyzes the processes of industrialization, urbanization, and the sectoral deployment of labor. The challenges identified, analyzed, and presented for consideration are: (i) creation of job opportunities for an additional half billion people that will join the labor force in the developing countries by 2000; (ii) accommodation of an additional one billion people in the same time perspective in the urban areas of the developing countries in socially acceptable and economically productive conditions; (iii) creation of an international trade environment that is supportive of the development efforts; and (iv) significant steps to the elimination of absolute poverty.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
0195026373 0821372815 (ebook) 9780195026375 9780821372814 (ebook)
Comparative economics.
Economic development.
Population.
âEconomie politique comparâee.
Dâeveloppement âeconomique.
Entwicklungspolitik.
Developing countries--Economic conditions.
Developing countries--Economic policy.
Pays en voie de dâeveloppement.
Electronic books.
HC59.7 / .W659 1979eb