Sir Hans Singer

The Life and Work of a Development Economist

  • Authors
  • D. John Shaw
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. The Early Years (1910–47)

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. Growing Up in the Rhineland, Germany
      D. John Shaw
      Pages 3-4
    3. Bonn University: The Influence of Schumpeter and Spiethoff
      D. John Shaw
      Pages 5-11
    4. Keynes and the Cambridge Economics School
      D. John Shaw
      Pages 12-19
    5. Early Employment and Experience
      D. John Shaw
      Pages 20-36

  3. Service in the United Nations (1947–69)

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 37-37
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    2. Initiation: A Case of Mistaken Identity
      D. John Shaw
      Pages 39-43
    3. The Economist as Adviser in an International Organization
      D. John Shaw
      Pages 44-48
    4. Distribution of Gains from Trade and Investment: The Terms of Trade Controversy1
      D. John Shaw
      Pages 49-71
    5. Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development (SUNFED)
      D. John Shaw
      Pages 72-90
    6. Pre-investment and the UN Special Fund
      D. John Shaw
      Pages 91-93
    7. Technical Assistance
      D. John Shaw
      Pages 94-97
    8. Multilateral Food Aid
      D. John Shaw
      Pages 98-102
    9. First UN Decade of Development
      D. John Shaw
      Pages 103-106
    10. UN Research Institute for Social Development
      D. John Shaw
      Pages 107-110
    11. Assignments Outside New York
      D. John Shaw
      Pages 111-122
    12. Academic Activities While at the United Nations
      D. John Shaw
      Pages 123-152

  4. The Later Years (1969–2001)

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 153-153
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    2. Work at IDS
      D. John Shaw
      Pages 155-157

About this book

Introduction

This is the first biography of a world-famous pioneering development economist, Sir Hans W. Singer, who is better known throughout the developing world than any other economist, living or dead. It gives a detailed account of the way in which the 'twists of fate' led him to becoming a leading development economist. It contains a thematic synthesis of all his major theoretical and conceptual work and of the many initiatives in which he has been involved to solve the problems of developing countries.

Keywords

Bretton Woods Developing Countries development development aid development studies economic development trade

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