{"product_id":"biotechnology-and-development-copy","title":"Exploration in Development Issues","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have done my research and writing predominantly on economic policy issues, be it trade and aid, development strategy, or food security. The articles are overwhelmingly policy-oriented; they tend to echo or represent the climate of debate, thinking and research in the different periods when they were written. The selection of articles was made in such a way that they fulfil, as far as possible, one or several of the following criteria: 1) they represent my main thinking and writing on that particular issue; 2) they were prominent in debate and discussion among academic economists\/policy analysts during the time when they were written; 3) they retain some relevance and\/or are of major or continuing interest in the current academic\/policy discussions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— Nurul Islam\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    (Excerpt from the author’s introduction to this collection)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This volume presents the collected wisdom of a distinguished economist whose academic contributions have been immensely enriched by his varied experience inside policymaking institutions at both the national and international levels.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— Gustav Ranis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Director of the Yale Centre for International\u003cbr\u003e     and Area Studies,\u003cbr\u003e     Yale University USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"more\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"morecontent\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d_normalheder\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author(s) \/ Editor(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNurul Islam\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(of Bangladesh) is currently a research fellow emeritus at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, where he joined as a senior policy adviser to the director general in 1987. At IFPRI, Islam is conducting research on trade, macroeconomic policy, and agricultural development strategy. Prior to this, he was the assistant director general of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation, Economic and Social Policy Department, deputy chairman of the Bangladesh Planning Commission, chairman of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, director of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, and chairman of the Department of Economics at Dhaka University. Islam received a B.A. and an M.A. in economics from Dhaka University and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University, U.S.A.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"glossymenu\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"glossymenu\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"glossymenu\"\u003eContents in Detail\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"glossymenu\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"submenu\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: \u003cem\u003eAn Overview\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART I\u003cbr\u003eDevelopment Strategy: Concepts in Development Economics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.Development of the Labour Surplus Economy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.Concepts and Measurement of Unemployment and\u003cbr\u003e   Underemployment in Developing Economies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.External Economies and the Doctrine of Balanced Growth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART II\u003cbr\u003eDevelopment Strategy: Planning Models and Implementation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4.The Relevance of Development Models to Planning\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.Development Planning and Plan Implementation:\u003cbr\u003e   Lessons of Experience\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART III\u003cbr\u003eDevelopment Strategy: Lessons of Past Experience\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e6.National Import Substitution and Inward Looking Strategies:\u003cbr\u003e   Policies of Less Developed Countries\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7.Learning from East Asia: Lessons for South Asia - An Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8.Reflections on Development Perspectives since the 1950s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9.Lessons of Experience: Development Policy and Practice\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV\u003cbr\u003eFood Security: Agricultural Progress: Past Performance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10.Green Revolution in Asia: A Few Aspects\u003cbr\u003e     and Some Lessons\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.Overview to Population and Food in the Early\u003cbr\u003e     Twenty-first Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12.Asia’s Food and Agriculture: Future Perspectives and\u003cbr\u003e     Policy Influences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13.Comments on ‘The Issue of Sustainability in Third World\u003cbr\u003e     Food Production’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14.Linkages between Agriculture and the Overall Economy\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART V\u003cbr\u003eFood Security: Policy Reforms in Agriculture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15.Government: Issues in Policy Reform\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16.Tensions between Economics and Politics in Dealing with Agriculture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17.Commercialization of Agriculture and Food Security:\u003cbr\u003e     Development Strategy and Trade Policy Issues\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART VI\u003cbr\u003eFood Security: Poverty and Undernutrition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18.Agricultural Growth, Technological Progress\u003cbr\u003e     and Rural Poverty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19.Undernutrition and Poverty: Magnitude, Pattern\u003cbr\u003e     and Measures for Alleviation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20.Hunger, Famines and Poverty: A Few Considerations\u003cbr\u003e    of Political Economy\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART VII\u003cbr\u003eFood Security: Instability of Food Supplies and Prices\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e21.World Food Security: National and International Measures\u003cbr\u003e     for Stabilization of Supplies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22.Instability in World Food Prices in the Post-Uruguay Round\u003cbr\u003e     Situation: Prospects and Policy Issues\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART VIII\u003cbr\u003eTrade and Aid: National Trade Policy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e23.Comparative Costs, Factor Proportions and\u003cbr\u003e     IndustrialEfficiency in Pakistan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24.Export Incentive and Effective Subsidy in Pakistan:\u003cbr\u003e     An Evaluation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e25.The New Protectionism and the Nature of World Trade:\u003cbr\u003e     Comments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART IX\u003cbr\u003eTrade and Aid: Issues in Development Assistance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e26.Recent Trends in the Theory of International Investment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27.International Economic Assistance in the 1970s -\u003cbr\u003e     A Critique of Partners in Development\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e28.Foreign Assistance and Economic Development:\u003cbr\u003e     The Case of Pakistan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e29.Economic Policy Reforms and the IMF: Bangladesh Experience\u003cbr\u003e     in the Early 1970s\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART X\u003cbr\u003eTrade and Aid: World Trade Issues\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e30.Progress of the GATT Negotiations on Agriculture and\u003cbr\u003e     Developing Countries: Options and Strategies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e31.Is Agricultural Trade Liberalization Bad for Environment?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"width: 100.707%; height: 109px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 51.6071%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 48.0357%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eAF Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 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