Principles of Cost-Benefit Analysis for Developing Countries - Rilegato

Dinwiddy, Caroline L.; Teal, Francis J.

 
9780521473583: Principles of Cost-Benefit Analysis for Developing Countries

Sinossi

This disctincive 1996 book applies cost-benefit analysis theory to problems of development economics.

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Descrizione del libro

This 1996 book applies cost-benefit analysis theory to problems of development economics. It discusses welfare economics, project appraisal, structural adjustment policies, environmental issues and other development issues. The book is a useful text and also of interest to public policy administrators.

Contenuti

Part I. Introduction to Welfare Economics: 1. Measuring changes in economic welfare: consumer and producer surplus; 2. Consumers and producers: some basic theory; 3. Welfare change in general equilibrium; 4. Equity and efficiency; Part II. Project and Policy Appraisal in Developing Countries: 5. Project appraisal: an overview; 6. Shadow prices for traded and non-traded commodities in an open economy; 7. Trade policy, exchange rates and structural adjustment; 8. Labour markets in developing countries; 9. The social value of labour; 10. Intertemporal costs and benefits (1): a market-based approach; 11. Intertemporal costs and benefits (2): a social planning approach; Part III. Missing Markets: 12. Externalities and public goods; 13. Risk and the measurement of welfare change; 14. Natural resources and the environment; Retrospect.

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9780521479165: Principles of Cost Benefit Analysis

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0521479169 ISBN 13:  9780521479165
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008
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