Choice of Type of Industrialisation in Developing Countries

Timohir Djokanovic

Chapter 9 in Human Resources, Employment and Development Volume 5: Developing Countries, 1984, pp 173-185 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The process of industrialisation of the inadequately developed countries has been the chief subject of discussion since these countries attained political independence, not only among economists and economic development planners, but also among institutions and all those concerned in any way with the more rapid economic development of such countries. Irrespective of the social system they belong to and the ideology they subscribe to, all are virtually unanimous in their view that industrialisation of the less developed countries is the issue of the day and that the future destiny of two-thirds of mankind hinges entirely on its faster or slower pace. The question therefore arises: can this part of the world succeed in acquiring the contemporary benefits of civilisation in a relatively short period of time? Backwardness in nutrition, education, health, and other respects are regarded as stemming from the fact that the existing economic structure in these countries does not permit sufficiently rapid development and sufficient increase of production of material goods and services to match the growth of needs.

Keywords: Labour Force; Industrialisation Policy; Heavy Industry; Underdeveloped Country; Light Industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1984
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-17461-4_9

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