Measuring Development: the Role and Adequacy of Development Indicators / by Nancy Baster
1984, 2nd edition. London : F. Cass. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #398854
Physical description; 182 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Development indicators - an introduction, Nancy Baster; what are we trying to measure?, Dudley Seers; income distribution and social stratification - some notes on theory and practice, Charles Elliott; the adequacy of income - a social dimension in economic development, Riad B. Tabbarah; social indicators and welfare measurement - remarks on methodology, Jan Drewnowski; development indicators and development models, Donald McGranahan; indicators of political development, Charles Lewis Taylor; the measurement of institutional characteristics of nations - methodological considerations, Irma Adelman and Cynthia Taft Morris; on the relationship between human resources and development - theory, methods, data, Johan Galtung; industrialization and national development in the British Isles, Michael Hechter. Subjects; Economic development. Economic indicators. Social indicators. Economic development Addresses, essays, lectures. Social indicators Addresses, essays, lectures. Economic indicators Addresses, essays, lectures. Interdisciplinary research. Measurement. Social change. Modernization. Social indicator. Income and wealth.
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