Development planning models c.2

The present volumes deal with the development planning models which explain the trends and structural responses to changes in development policy focussing on the problems of growth, trade and income distribution. They reflect various attempts to narrow the gap between theoretical analysis and its practical applications in the planned development of an economy. They also clarify the very basic nature and scope of development planning models, their relationship to theoretical reasoning and their usefulness to model-builders, theorists and practical policy makers. They contain certain theoretical novelties, a number of practical conclusions and formulate operational ways of thinking about development policy. These models with varying techniques of planning and sectoral disaggregation analyse the direct and indirect effects of specified combinations of policy instruments and constraints on several important aspects of economic behaviour. In this way, these models can serve as reference material for planning agencies throughout the developing world, as well as for students and researchers in this area.