Planning with the semi-input-output method : With empirical applications to Nigeria

1. Introduction -- 1.1. Scope and purpose of the study -- 1.2. Outline of the contents -- 1.3. A reader’s guide -- 2. Planning in Developing Countries -- 2.1. Simplifying the planning process: planning in stages -- 2.2. Saving, income distribution and project choice -- 2.3. Optimal policies, government control and accounting prices -- 2.4. Complementarity and substitution in planning models -- 2.5. Direct substitution -- 2.6. Indirect substitution -- 2.7. Incremental planning -- 3. Planning for an Open Economy: The Analytical Framework -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. A simple model for a completely open economy -- 3.3. The introduction of national goods -- 3.4. International goods and investment demand for national goods -- 4. The Semi-Input-Output Method -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. National and international sectors: concepts and measurement -- 4.3. Intermediate goods: the semi-input-output method -- 4.4. The role of accounting prices -- 4.5. Selection criteria, consumption and balance of payments effects -- 5. Semi-Input-Output and Multisectoral Planning -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Planning at the sectoral level -- 5.3. Multisector planning with the semi-input-output method -- 5.4. Linear programming formulations of the semi-input-output method -- 5.5. Special problems -- 6. Semi-Input-Output and Project Planning -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Essentials of project analysis and appraisal -- 6.3. Semi-input-output analysis at the project stage: estimation of effects -- 6.4. Valuation and accounting prices -- 6.5. Selection of projects -- 6.6. Towards consistency in project and sector appraisal -- 6.7. Semi-input-output and Little-Mirrlees -- 7. A Case Study for Nigeria -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Structure and development of the Nigerian economy -- 7.3. Application of the semi-input-output method -- 7.4. Investment appraisal at market prices -- 7.5. Investment appraisal at accounting prices -- 7.6. Conclusions -- 8. Summary and Conclusions -- 8.1. The method: analysis and presentation -- 8.2. Application of the method -- Appendix A Derivation of a capital stock-flow conversion factor -- Appendix B Estimation of structural coefficients for Nigeria -- Appendix C List of sectors and projects and their characteristics -- References -- Author Index.