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Development Policy: An Introduction for Students

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This paper discusses development policy objectives, noting how these have changed over the years, with a more explicit focus on poverty reduction coming recently to the fore. It also examines the relationship between economic growth and poverty reduction. The paper then discusses how to achieve economic growth, starting with the caveat that growth must be environmentally sustainable, and moves on to the big question of the respective roles for the market mechanism and the state in allocating society's productive resources.

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  • Tony Addison, 2004. "Development Policy: An Introduction for Students," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2004-09, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    1. Tony Addison, 2001. "From Conflict to Reconstruction," WIDER Working Paper Series DP2001-16, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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