Principles of Cost-Benefit Analysis for Developing Countries - Hardcover

Dinwiddy, Caroline L.; Teal, Francis J.

 
9780521473583: Principles of Cost-Benefit Analysis for Developing Countries

Synopsis

The book presents the theory of cost-benefit analysis and applies this theory to contemporary problems of development economics. It is distinctive in that it combines an introduction to welfare economics and project appraisal with a discussion of current issues in development economics such as structural adjustment policies, commodity stabilization programs and environmental issues. The book assumes a basic economic understanding and should be a useful text and also of interest to public policy administrators.

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This book is distinctive in that it combines an introduction to welfare economics and project appraisal with a discussion of current issues in development economics such as structural adjustment policies, commodity stabilization programs and environmental issues.

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In one distinctive book the authors combine an introduction to welfare economics, a discussion of project appraisal principles in developing countries and a survey of the cost-benefit problems raised by externalities, risk and the environment.

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9780521479165: Principles of Cost-Benefit Analysis for Developing Countries

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ISBN 10:  0521479169 ISBN 13:  9780521479165
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996
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