Structural change and development policy
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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) accommo…
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- Full title :Structural change and development policy / the World Bank.
Summary
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.
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- Publication Date:©1979.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):World Bank and Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1979.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xviii, 526 pages) : : illustrations.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0195026373, 9780195026375, 9780821372814, 0821372815
- oclc:ocn688353827
- LC Classification:HC59.7
- Dewey Decimal:338.9
Table of Contents
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.
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