W. Artur Lewis Lecture: The Lewis Model of “Economic Growth with Unlimited Supplies of Labor”

1988 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles P. Kindleberger
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Third World ◽  
Nobel Laureate ◽  
British West Indies ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Empirical Trade ◽  
World Economic ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Manchester School

The National Economic Association introduced the W. Arthur Lewis Distinguished Lecture series in December 1985. The Lewis Lecture is named in honor of the 1979 Nobel Laureate in Economics, much of whose research has been devoted to the problem of Third World economic development. A native of St. Lucia, in the former British West Indies, Arthur Lewis has risen to fame as the preeminent development economist of his generation. He is most famous for his 1954 Manchester School paper on economic development with unlimited supplies of labor, but his contributions span the fields of industrial organization, public finance, and international trade. He was one of the first to explore in depth the evidence on movements on terms of trade between industrialized and developing countries and was the first to perform a regression analysis in empirical trade research. Lewis was an active advisor to various governments in West Africa, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia during the development decades. He says that he conceived of the idea of unlimited supplies of labor while on mission in Bangkok, Thailand in 1952. This third lecture in the series, by Professor Charles Kindleberger, examines the broad applicability of the Lewis model. Barbara A. P. Jones 1987 NEA President

The Bureaucratic Bourgeoisie

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (S1) ◽  
pp. 231-252
Author(s):  
Chris Miller
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Third World ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Role ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
World Economic

This article examines shifts in Soviet ideas about the economic and political role of the state. Drawing on documents from Russian archives as well as published debates, the article traces Soviet ideas about how states operate. Examining the role of writers such as Fedor Burlatsky and Karen Brutents, the article suggests that by the 1970s and 1980s, Soviet analysts increasingly believed that state structures could be self-interested, functioning as a type of class. Soviet scholars concluded that such self-interested state structures explained some of what they perceived as the failures of third-world economic development—as well as some of the pathologies of the USSR’s own politics.

Trade and Growth

1986 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lance Taylor ◽  
William A. Darity
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Third World ◽  
Nobel Laureate ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Lecture Series ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Contemporary Development ◽  
Trade And Growth

The National Economic Association introduced the W. Arthur Lewis Distinguished Lecture series in December 1985 at the Allied Social Sciences Association meetings in New York City. The Lewis Lecture is named in honor of the 1979 Nobel Laureate in Economics, much of whose research has been devoted to the problem of Third World economic development. In the same spirit, the Lewis Lectures are intended to explore the themes of global inequality, Third World poverty, and prospects and possibilities for change. The inaugural Lewis address was delivered by Lance Taylor, professor of economics and nutrition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Taylor, an immensely creative economist, has led contemporary development economists in the analysis of disparities in the structural relationships between Northern (that is, more-developed) and Southern (that is, less-developed) countries. Taylor's subject matter, “Trade and Growth,” constituted both a provocative assessment of the state of knowledge in this area and a compelling indictment of the insights offered by conventional economics. Taylor's address, presented December 28, 1985, provides a sterling beginning to what promises to be an important lecture series.

New Waves in the Caribbean

Worldview ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-39
Author(s):  
Terence L. Thatcher
Keyword(s):  
West Indies ◽  
Third World ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
British West Indies ◽  
The Third ◽  
Political Concern ◽  
Caribbean Area ◽  
Regional Community ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Third World

There was a time when the Caribbean area loomed large on the American foreign policy scene. The Monroe Doctrine, the Cuban war, canal concerns, dollar-diplomacy—these issues occupied not only the time of diplomats but the attention of press and public as well. Yet now, ten years after the Cuban missile confrontation, seven after the Dominican Republic fiasco, Americans treat the Caribbean with monumental indifference. Rather than an area of great political concern, it has become merely a resort for winter holidays.But profound changes are under way in the Caribbean precisely in those islands known only for their tourist appeal. New forces in the British West Indies, traditionally the safe and stable members of the regional community, are transforming once sleepy tropical isles into fully conscious members of the Third World. One such force is the movement toward West Indian integration.

scholarly journals Corruption as Cankerworms towards Economic Development in Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-51
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Suleiman
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Tax Evasion ◽  
Third World ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
Incidence Analysis ◽  
Democratic Norms

Corruption has been corrosively eating the fabrics of the Nigerian nation. Its persistence in the form of fraud, mismanagement, misappropriation, diversion of public funds, tax evasion, money laundering etc. has led Nigeria into unfortunate national and even international circle of criminal minded persons. This therefore has made the development of the country and its attendant benefits only a paper work or rather an illusion. This paper conceptualizes corruption beyond the point of public officers taking bribes and gratification, committing fraud, stealing public funds and assets to equally include, deliberate violation of standards for gainful ends which may be in cash or kind. It therefore, encompasses any decision, act or conduct that is considered pervasive to democratic norms and values. The method utilized by this work is incidence analysis and documentary research. The paper which is divided into five sections concluded that, only anti-corruption policies and programs anchored on ethical, balanced, independent, and self-sustained, people oriented can succeed in Nigeria and thereby ensure national economic development. The paper recommended among other things for a successful anti-corruption crusade in third world countries that, international agencies such as Paris Club, IMF, World Bank, UNO should review their policies and conditions to reflect war against corruption especially among third World leaders even while in office. That a mandatory involvement of all community based organizations be considered in annual budget formulation, monitoring and evaluation to avoids misappropriation and looting in the country.

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