Study week on the econometric approach to development planning

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Identifikator:: 1824422792

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217476

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Title:: Study week on the econometric approach to development planning

Place of publication:: Amsterdam [u.a.]

Publisher:: North-Holland Publ. Co. [u.a.]

Year of publication:: 1965

Scope:: XLVII, 1259 S.; graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: The social transformation for national development / P.C. Mahalanobis, Indian Statistical Institue - Calcutta - India

Collection:: Economics Books

1070 PONTIFICIAE ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARVM SCRIPTA VARIA - 28 such as to secure the best possible rate of economic growth over a time horizon of a generation or more. 1.2. How to bring this about? This is where the question of social transformation becomes relevant. Some broad general principles may perhaps be stated with confidence. 2. THE STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION 2.1. It is necessary to give opportunities for participation in productive activities to the largest number of people, and as soon as possible, to all such people as are capable of under- taking such work, and also to utilize available resources in the most effective way for the benefit of the nation as a whole. To create fullest opportunities for rapid growth, it is necessary to remove all barriers to the effective utilization of productive forces, by the people, for the benefit of all the people of the country. 2.2. There are many facets to the problem, some of which are general and some peculiar to particular countries. It is not possible to arrange them in any clear order of priority. In fact the heart of the problem is to make changes in all necessary directions at the same time, in a balanced way, so as to bring about the structural transformation as quickly as possible. 2.3. The transformation of the social structure cannot be an entirely internal process. Outside influences have been and will continue to be at work. Colonial rule and economic exploit- ation of the underdeveloped countries have themselves given rise to reactions promoting the desire for political independence and for improvement in the level of living in the underdeve- loped areas. 2.4. A new factor, of conscious international cooperation in improving the social, political, and economic conditions of the underdeveloped countries. has also emerced durine the last 14] Mahalanobis T - pag. 2

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