Frontmatter -- Foreword / Hirschman, Albert O. -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Setting -- The rate problem: Obstruction and Accommodation -- The Latitudes of Distribution -- Geographical separation: State and Foreign Enterprise -- Geographical Separation: The State...

This course treats public-sector policies, programs, and projects that attempt to reduce poverty and unemployment in developing countries through directly income-generating activities and employment. Topics covered are (1) employment and local economic development, particularly as related to the...