Food Aid, North-South Trade, and the Prebisch-Singer Thesis

Kunibert Raffer

Chapter 12 in Development Economics and Policy, 1998, pp 230-248 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Looking at the numerous contributions of Sir Hans Singer to development economics, two main strands of research can be discerned: 1. his seminal work on the empirical effects of trade on the South, named the Prebisch-Singer thesis after the two economists who rocked the boat of professional complacency exposing a disturbing contradiction between theoretical expectations and practical outcome. After explaining the mechanisms leading to an unequal international distribution of gains between countries (Singer 1950), Sir Hans has played a leading role in the debate on whether a falling trend in Southern net barter terms of trade can be proven by statistical methods, which has engaged economists and statisticians from the 1940s to this very day. 2. his contributions to the issue of food aid.

Keywords: Uruguay Round; Official Development Assistance; International Development Association; Development Assistance Committee; Export Credit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-26769-9_12

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