On Improving the Lot of the Poorest
Economic Plans in Kenya
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2594629 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mitchell Harwitz (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 65 |
| Publication date | 1978-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/523886 |
| OpenAlex | W2058103496 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The goal of improving the economic lot of the poorest (the worst-off) has become important both in public discussions of the Third World development and in technical discussions among economists.' In this essay, I shall focus upon the difficulties of implementing such concerns as they are expressed in two major documents on the economy of Kenya. The first of the two was prepared by the International Labour Office and financed by the United Nations Development Programme (and will henceforth be called the ILO/UNDP Report): ILO/UNDP, Employment, Incomes and Equality (Geneva: ILO, 1972). The second study was prepared by the World Bank as part of its series of country economic reports (and will henceforth be called the World Bank Report): International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Kenya: Into the Second Decade (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press for the World Bank, 1975). That the two reports largely agree on formulation of goals is evidenced by the following lines from the World Bank's 1975 report
Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Socioeconomics · International Development and Aid
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |