A discourse on economic development / editors, Kartik Roy (East- West Centre for Cultural and Economic Studies, Bond University, Australia, University of Queensland, Australia) and Cal Clark (Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, US).

Includes index.

Development in theory and in action / Kartik Roy and Cal Clark, Former Professor of Economics at the University of Queensland, Australia and Honorary Adjunct Professor at Bond University, Australia, and others -- Emerging development issues in continental Asia and the world : their institutional implications / Kartik Roy, Former Professor of Economics at the University of Queensland, Australia and Honorary Adjunct Professor at Bond University, Australia -- Culture system and development : a theoretical perspective and conceptual framework for further research / Katarzyna A. Nawrot, Department of International Economics, Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poznan -- The Gandhian view of economic development and its relevance today / N. T. Taglani, Department of Economics, Tolani Commerce College, Adipur, India -- A confucian lesson in development / Rosita Dellios, Department of International Relations, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia -- Recent trends and developments in well being measurements / Shweta Sharma and Yogesh N. Vansiya, Department of Economics, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Govt. College, Silvassa, India, and others -- China's eco-civilization : from history to policy / R. James Ferguson, PhD, Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia -- The progress made in the attainment of MD golals : a commentary on Gujarat's performance in India / Yogesh N. Vansiya, Department of Economics, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, India -- Economic growth and human resource development : an Indian perspective / Sarita Agrawal and Javid Ahmed Khan, Central University of Gujarat, Punjab, Pakistan -- An overview of the agriculture sector in India / Ashish Vasava, Department of Economics, Kachchh University, Bhuj, India -- India's land-holder agriculture : the case of the sugar industry in Gujarat province of India / Tvisha J. Parmar, Udhana Citizen Commerce College, Surat, India -- Tribal education in India : with special reference to Gujarat / Yogesh N. Vansiya, Department of Economics, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, India -- Higher education in tribal girls : a case study of Mahila College Valia / Ashvin D. Pandya and Ritaben Patel, Principal, Shree Rang Navchatan Mahila Arts College, Bharuch, India, and others -- Lessons for development / Kartik Roy and Cal Clark, Former Professor of Economics at the University of Queensland, Australia and Honorary Adjunct Professor at Bond University, Australia, and others -- Index.

A Discourse on Economic Development is based on two recently published books by Kartik Roy. Governance Institutions and Economic Development: Emerging China, India, East Asia presented an in-depth analysis of the reasons for successes and failures of these nations'developmental efforts. Economic, Environmental and Political Governance in China, Japan, India, Brazil, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam brought acknowledged the urgency of the need for countries'political leaders to follow the teachings of Kautilya, Confucius, Ibn Khaldun, Karl Marx and Mahatma Gandhi and to make serious efforts to implement those lessons in practice. It is worth noting here Mancur Olson's famous remarks that economic decisions are unlikely to be taken in the collective interest of individuals due to bargaining costs and the problem of free riders, unless they are members of small groups. Such a coalition of self-interest individuals is likely to try to redistribute income towards itself instead of working to raise efficiency and national income for the full benefit of the entire population and country. Hence, the authors feel that it is more likely that in all democracies rather than in autocracies, members of the ministry will form Olson's coalition of self-interest fulfilling persons who are semi-literate, have rarely been engaged in any income earning activity, and who are adept at taking recourse to dishonest means to fill up their pockets, as well as to attain glory, and who have no knowledge of the teachings of Kautilya, Confucius, Khaldun, Marx, Gandhi and other great men of the past. Likewise, they will have no interest in their implementation on practice. In this book, the authors have made an effort to create a synergy between the theory and practice in economic development.

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