Discusses the impact of public sector in economic development. This title analyzes public goods, market failure, the role of government, public choice and political business cycles, and government revenues and expenditures. It also explores issues such as poverty alleviation, and the operation of the value-added tax in developing countries.

About the Author
Michael Howard is Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Barbados. He is the author of the first edition of Public Sector Economics for Developing Countries. Althea La Foucade is Lecturer, Department of Economics, and Assistant Coordinator of the HEU, Centre for Health Economics, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. Ewan Scott is Lecturer, Department of Economics, and Assistant Coordinator, Labour Market and Poverty Studies Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago.


Book Information
ISBN 9789766402242
Author Michael Howard
Format Paperback
Page Count 420
Imprint University of the West Indies Press
Publisher University of the West Indies Press
Weight(grams) 890g