Structural change in a developing economy : Colombia's problems and prospects /

This book deals with specific problems in Colombia as a means of exploring interrelated theoretical themes in the development process. Demographic and political as well as specifically economic variables arc given consideration in the authors' analysis of the constraints on the growth of Colomb...

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Main Authors: Nelson, Richard R.
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Schultz, T. Paul; Slighton, Robert L.
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton, N.J. :
Publication Dates: [2015]
©2015
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400870523
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Summary: This book deals with specific problems in Colombia as a means of exploring interrelated theoretical themes in the development process. Demographic and political as well as specifically economic variables arc given consideration in the authors' analysis of the constraints on the growth of Colombia's modern sector.Originally published in 1971.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(338pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9781400870523
Index Number: HC197
CLC: F177.54
Contents: Frontmatter --
Preface --
Contents --
List of Tables --
List of Figures --
CHAPTER I. Introduction --
CHAPTER II. Population Growth: Investigation of a Hypothesis --
CHAPTER III. Internal Migration: A Quantitative Study of Rural-Urban Migration in Colombia --
CHAPTER IV. Manufacturing Development: Factor Endowments and Dualism --
CHAPTER V. Urban Income Distribution in a Dual Economy --
CHAPTER VI. Constraints on the Growth of the Modern Sector --
CHAPTER VII. The Political Determinants of Colombian Foreign Exchange Policy --
CHAPTER VIII. Future Development Policy --
INDEX --
Backmatter.