Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/31579 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 520
Publisher: 
Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Abstract: 
Ragnar Nurkse was one the pioneers in development economics. This paper celebrates the hundredth anniversary of his birth with a critical retrospective of his overall contribution to the field, in particular his views on the importance of employment policy in mobilizing domestic resources and the difficulties surrounding the use of external resources to finance development. It also demonstrates the affinity between Nurkse's theory of mobilizing domestic resources and employer-of-last-resort proposals.
Subjects: 
Ragnar Nurkse
Development Economics
Employer of Last Resort
JEL: 
B31
O11
O14
O16
O23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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