| Title: The state of economic development theory in the South Pacific Author: Gunasekera, H. M. Subject: | Economic development|Research|Oceania | Volume: Vol.09, 1983 Collation: p. 218-261 Abstract: This paper is an attempt to review the literature on economic development in the South Pacific written during the past decade and a half. The paper is based on an examination of over one hundred and fifty pieces and reports. The list perused is by no means exhaustive, the authors' input in this regard being constrained by their imperfect knowledge of and accessibility to existing works and by the limited time available. Naturally, we have not been able to make individual mention of all the works examined. In this task we have not been compelled to be selective, not only by the limitation of space but also by the fact that our main concern has been to classify these writings in terms of a certain set of series of development. Hence, those writings which we considered as forming only detailed aspects of these series have been mentioned only in passing.
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