Lectures on Development Strategy, Growth, Equity and the Political Process in Southern Asia
Lectures in DeLvelopment Economics No. 5 Lectures on Development Strategy, Growth, Equity and the Political Process in Southern Asia with c,,mments by Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ISLAMABAD Editor: Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi Co-Editor: Sarfraz K.Qureshi LiteraryEditor: S. H. H. Naqavi Biographical Sketch DR GUSTAV F. PAPANEK is currently on the faculty of Boston University, USA, where he has been Professor of Economics since 1974 and, concitrrently, Director of the Center for Asian Development Studies since 1983. Born on July 12, 1926, Professor Papanek had his higher education at Cornell University (B.Sc. in Agricultural Economi--. 1947) and Harvard University (M.A. in Economics in 1949 and Ph.D. in Economics in 1951). A prolific writer, Professor Papanek has authored, co-authored and edited several books and a very large number of articles, notes, comments, and contributions tu others' books. lis main interest lies in the areas of income distribut on, poverty, development strategy, industrial development, wages, and political economy. First published in Pakistan in 1986 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, storud in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form )r by any means - electronic, mechanical, photocopy ing, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the author a.-i the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. © Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. 1986 / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Much of the underlying research for this study was supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) under coaitract No. AID OTR-G-1872. Eshya Mujahid's work on agriculture in the Punjabs and Bengals was supported by the Ford Foundation and Harendra Dey's work on labour income determination was supported by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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