Community, Market and State in Development - by K Otsuka & K Kalirajan (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

'How to combine the community, the market, and the state in the total economic system is probably the most important agenda for economists geared towards the reduction of poverty in developing economies'. - Professor Yujiro Hayami This volume brings together leading scholars from all around the world to examine and extend Professor Hayami's development model of 'community, market and state', and to pay tribute to his invaluable contribution to economics. The authors provide new empirical analysis with a clear focus on the role of the community in economic development, and its relations with agricultural markets, industrialization and the government, using primary data from major countries in Asia and Africa. This book is indispensable reading for all interested in development economics, government and market studies and international development studies.

About the Author

KEIJIRO OTSUKA is Director of GRIPS/FASID Joint Graduate Program at the Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development in Tokyo, Japan. He is the current president of the IAAE, and the senior adviser to DG of IRRI from 2008. He has published eleven co-authored and co-edited books and more than 85 articles in leading economics journals.

KALIAPPA KALIRAJAN is Professor of Economics in the Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University, Australia. He is advisor and visiting professor to the GRIPS-FASID Joint Graduate Program from 2009, and he has published twelve authored, co-authored and co-edited books and more than 125 articles in refereed economics journals.