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:: Statistical tools and techniques in perspective planning in India / P.C. Mahalanobis, Indian Statistical Institute - Calcutta - India

Collection:: Economics Books

1138 PONTIFICIAE ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARVM SCRIPTA VARIA - 28 we are also now establishing a factory to produce machinery which, after four or five years, would enable us to set up a new ammonium sulphate factory every year. I hope the position is clear. This policy may not be suitable for a small country. I am not generalizing. But in India as I have already mentioned we have 50 million hectares of land which is sure of having enough water; we can use 25 or 30 million tons of ammonium sulphate per year at a very low rate of dressing of 25 kilos per hectare; we may be able to use much bigger quantities with advantage by increasing the dressing. To set up one heavy machine building factory at a cost of foreign exchange of not more than 100 million dollars once and for all is not taking a very big risk. [SARD I just have a brief question. Do the materials that you have pre- sented have reference to a large population spread over a large area? [ am sure you are aware of the thinking which emphasizes that indu- strialization proceeds from relatively concentrated cores of activity. To achieve major industrialization you must select a relatively small number of points at which to start. I was wondering to what extent this consideration enters into all the estimates and plans upon which you report. FISHER In the discussion of Professor MAHALANOBIS’ paper Professor DORFMAN raised a point which I would like to emphasize and to which I do not think I reallv understand Professor MAHALANOBIS” answer. Professor DORFMAN’s point was that a proper analysis of the cost of the program which imports machinery to make machinery to make fertilizer must take into account the cost in foreign exchange of im- ‘151 Mahalanobis II - pag. 26

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