Theory and Reality in Development

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Theory and Reality in Development is written by Sanjaya Lall and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1349181285 (ISBN 10) and 9781349181285 (ISBN 13).

This collection of papers by some of the world's leading development economists is remarkable for its wide scope. It covers such varied topics as stagflation in the third world; the extension of free trade to include international investment; the early 1980s in Latin America; the economic growth of Africa and communal land tenure systems and their role in rural development. As well as representing important contributions in themselves, the papers acquire unity from a similarity in approach - always giving priority to reality if it comes into conflict with theoretical bias.