This volume contains 21 selected essays by Professor Sir Hans Singer written over the last two decades. The volume addresses:-





development economics in historical perspective and considers where it stands today
the early pioneers of 'development' thinking including Smith and Keynes
growth, industrialization and trade
current questions of the terms of trade debate and import substitution
North-South and South-South linkages
foreign aid

The author gives grateful thanks to Matthew Morris and Hans Ulrich Esslinger for their contributions to this book.