Abstract
Regional policy and planning in developing countries has the task to surmount spatial disequilibria. Various theories of regional development try to show a way out of economic disparities; but these theories are not always accepted by political institutions.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Irving Louis Horowitz, Three Worlds of Development, Oxford University Press, New York, 1966, pp. 335–6.
Jeffrey G. Williamson, Regional Inequality and the Process of National Development: A Description of the Patterns. In: Economic Development and Cultural Change, vol. 13 (1964/65), pp. 3–84.
See, Felix Paukert, Income Distribution at Different Levels of Development: A Survey of Evidence. In: International Labour Review, vol. 108 (1973), p. 97.
For a slightly old but still valid survey of literature see John R. Meyer, Regional Economics: A Survey. In: American Economic Association & The Royal Economic Society, Surveys of Economic Theory — Growth and Development, New York/London, 1965, pp. 240–71.
Jos Hilhorst, Regional Development Theory: an Attempt to Synthesize. In: Multidisciplinary Aspects of Regional Development, O.E.C.D., Paris, 1968, pp. 21–34.
Walter Israd, General Theory: Social, Economic and Regional, The M.I.T. Press, Cambridge-Massachusetts, 1969.
For example, in the case of India, see, S. K. Rao, A Note on Measuring Economic Distances between Regions in India. In: Economic and Political Weekly, vol. VIII (April 28, 1973), pp. 793 to 800.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
Institute of Development Research and Policy, Ruhr University Bochum.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Sarupria, S. Regional development in LDCs. Intereconomics 9, 251–254 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02929108
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02929108