Public Enterprise and Economic Development

Name: Public Enterprise and Economic Development
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Public Enterprise and Economic DevelopmentAuthor(s): A. H. Hanson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367180058, 978-0367180058\nSynopsis\nOriginally published in 1959, the subject of this book is an aspect of economic development which, despite its importance, had rarely attracted more than incidental attention at the time. The authors interest in public enterprise in underdeveloped countries was stimulated by a years residence in Turkey. He felt the time had come for a general comparative study. Defining comparative as (1) between developed and underdeveloped countries, and (2) between different underdeveloped countries at dissimilar stages of development or with dissimilar development perspectives. The purpose of the first is to discover what the developed can offer the underdeveloped by way of adaptable experience and relevant ideas; that of the second to examine the use of public enterprise in the many differe.