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This is a compilation of essays by Sir Alexander Cairncross on the topic of economic development. The essays cover a wide range of topics, including the importance of investment and technical progress, trade, administration and planning, and the role of education. The essays are well-written and refreshingly unparochial, without assuming any particular impediments to growth are out of the way.
First published in 1961, this work is a compendium of essays written by esteemed economist Sir Alexander Cairncross, pertaining to the theme of economic development. A wide cross-section of factors are taken into account in this extensive collection of articles, amongst which are the importance of investment and technical progress; trade; administration and planning; and the role of education. Review: Extremely wide-ranging and refreshingly unparochial - The Observer It has the great merit that the difficult, delicate and often highly frustrating impediments to any theory of growth are not assumed out of the way. - The Financial Times Cairncross expounds his views on these issues of economic development with a wealth of illustrative material, all of it used with great skill and wisdom. - The Guardian
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