Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Title in the series
- 1 The Relevance of Ragnar Nurkse and Classical Development Economics
- 2 Life and Time of Ragnar Nurkse
- 3 Nurkse and the Role of Finance in Development Economics
- 4 Early Development Theory from Sun Yat-sen to Ragnar Nurkse
- 5 The Roots of Unequal Exchange: Mihail Manoilescu and the Debate of the 1930s
- 6 Nurkse and the Early Latin American Structuralists: A Reflection on Development Theory, Industrialization and their Relevance Today
- 7 Lewis, the Long Wave and Industrialization in the Periphery
- 8 Ragnar Nurkse and the Law & Economics of Development
- 9 Ragnar Nurkse's Development Theory: Influences and Perceptions
- 10 Nurkse meets Schumpeter: Is Microfinance a ‘Silver Bullet’ to Economic Development?
- 11 Stockpiling of International Reserves and Development: a Misguided Link
- 12 International Currency Experience and the Bretton Woods System: Ragnar Nurkse as Architect
- 13 Some Reflections on Nurkse's Patterns of Trade and Development
- 14 India and Development Economics: External Influences and Internal Responses
- Notes
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Title in the series
- 1 The Relevance of Ragnar Nurkse and Classical Development Economics
- 2 Life and Time of Ragnar Nurkse
- 3 Nurkse and the Role of Finance in Development Economics
- 4 Early Development Theory from Sun Yat-sen to Ragnar Nurkse
- 5 The Roots of Unequal Exchange: Mihail Manoilescu and the Debate of the 1930s
- 6 Nurkse and the Early Latin American Structuralists: A Reflection on Development Theory, Industrialization and their Relevance Today
- 7 Lewis, the Long Wave and Industrialization in the Periphery
- 8 Ragnar Nurkse and the Law & Economics of Development
- 9 Ragnar Nurkse's Development Theory: Influences and Perceptions
- 10 Nurkse meets Schumpeter: Is Microfinance a ‘Silver Bullet’ to Economic Development?
- 11 Stockpiling of International Reserves and Development: a Misguided Link
- 12 International Currency Experience and the Bretton Woods System: Ragnar Nurkse as Architect
- 13 Some Reflections on Nurkse's Patterns of Trade and Development
- 14 India and Development Economics: External Influences and Internal Responses
- Notes
Summary
This volume is one of two publications that celebrate the centenary of Ragnar Nurkse's birth. The other volume, also published by Anthem and titled Trade and Development, reprints the key works of Nurkse.
Ragnar Nurkse was born in Estonia in 1907; he died unexpectedly in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1959. He is one of the early pioneers of development economics, whose works are as relevant today as they were during his lifetime.
This volume is based on a conference that took place in the capital of Estonia, Tallinn (where Nurkse went to school) on 31 August and 1 September 2007.
We would like to thank all the contributors to the volume for the lively discussions during the conference; the Estonian Science Foundation (grant no. 6703), The Other Canon Foundation, Norway and PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies, Estonia, for financial support in organizing the conference; and Ingbert Edenhofer for his editorial help.
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- Ragnar Nurkse (1907–2007)Classical Development Economics and its Relevance for Today, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2009