Barriers to Development

K. N. Raj
Additional contact information
K. N. Raj: Centre for Development Studies

Chapter 5 in Economic Growth and Resources, 1979, pp 156-187 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Barriers to development are of two kinds: those that can be attributed to factors within the countries concerned, and those that might be traced to their external environment. Low levels of productivity to begin with, poverty of natural resources (such as limited availability of land for agriculture), and high rates of growth of population can all be serious impediments to development, and explain no doubt to a large extent the predicament of many parts of the world that remain economically backward. But there have been instances enough of such impediments being successfully overcome, partly by institutional adaptation or innovation within and partly by resort to solutions which depend on the external environment. The interaction between the internal and the external has a profound effect on the processes of development as well as on their outcome. It is therefore with reference to this interaction that we shall consider the barriers to development experienced earlier and those now in evidence.

Keywords: Capita Income; External Environment; Poor Country; Ivory Coast; Underdeveloped Country (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1979
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-16173-7_5

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.palgrave.com/9781349161737

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-16173-7_5

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in International Economic Association Series from Palgrave Macmillan
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().