Review: International Economics: A Framework for Development
| Date | 01 December 1981 |
| Author | Helmar Drost |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070208103600413 |
| Published date | 01 December 1981 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
creation
required
to
absorb
the
landless
peasants.
The
author
analyses
the
examples
to
point
out
issues
important
for
consideration
by
gov-
ernments
that
wish
to
plan
a
rural
development
strategy
to
introduce
new
technology
in
a
setting
that
will
maximize
the
distribution
of
the
benefits
and
minimize
the
movement
of
rural
people
from
a
land-
based life
style.
The
book
is
a
valuable
contribution
to
the
literature
on the
socio-
economic
aspects
of the
use
of
technology
in
development.
However,
it
is
not,
nor
is
it
intended
to
be,
a
complete
cost/benefit
assessment
of
the
consequences
of
the
international
drive
to
increase
food
supply
through
increased
indigenous
food
production.
Although
Pearse
ac-
knowledges
the
impact
of
the
new
technology
on
food
production
and
the
role
that
science
and
technology
might
play
in the
future,
he does
this
in
a
somewhat
negative
manner
incompatible
with
the solidness
of
the
socio-economic analysis
presented.
W.E.
Tossell/University
of
Guelph
A
FRAMEWORK
FOR
DEVELOPMENT
The
EEC
and
the
ACP
Carol
Cosgrove
Twitchett
Winchester,
Mass:
Allen
&
Unwin,
1981,
xiv,
16opp,
us$28.50
This
book
examines
the
economic,
financial,
and
technical
co-opera-
tion
between
the
European
Economic
Community
and
some fifty-eight
African, Caribbean,
and
Pacific
(ACP)
states
within
the
framework
of
the
two
Lom6
Conventions
of
1975
(Lom6
i)
and
1979
(Lom6
n).
The
text
is
descriptive
rather
than
analytical.
In
the
introductory
chapter,
Cosgrove
Twitchett
briefly reviews
the
historical
background
of
the
Lom6
treaties
and
places
them
within
the
broader
context
of
the
debate
over
a
new
international
economic
or-
der.
The
three subsequent
chapters
form
the
core
of
the
study.
After
a
detailed
description
of
ACP-EEC
trade
patterns,
the
author
concludes
in
chapter
two
that
'the
EEC
performance
to
date
regarding
trade
co-
operation
with the
ACP
leaves
much
to
be
desired'
(pp
5o0-).
Neither
the
volume
of
ACP
exports
to
the
EEC,
nor
the
structure
of
trade,
seems
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