Stephen R. Lewis

Taxation for development : principles and applications

An introduction to the analysis of tax policy in developing countries. The book focuses on the open economy and the real costs of subsidising certain industries through tax policies, and includes consideration of the different kinds of taxes used in developing countries and practice in analytical skills by solving problems included in most chapters. Courses in development economics.

Policy Choice and Development Performance in Botswana

Foreword - Acknowledgements - List of Tables - List of Figures - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - Economic Inheritance in 1966 - Growth and Structural Change 1966-86 - Botswanas Development Strategies - Agriculture - Mineral Policy and Mining Development - Manufacturing - Financing Development - Management of Financial Surplus - Infrastructure: Government Policy and Urban Bias - Poverty and Income Distribution - Future Prospects - Bibliography - Index

The Economics of Apartheid

As interest in South Africa began to rise sharply in the United States in the mid-1980s it became clear that few Americans economists know much about the economies of South Africa and the region. The Economics of Apartheid offers a clear and concise explanation of the regions economies and how it contributes and directs public policy. Though this is not a prescriptive book, it does provide an understanding of the problem of South Africa and the possible consequences of various alternative policies both in South Africa and in the international community. It will also provide policymakers and to all those concerned with the struggle for human rights in South Africa.

Some Problems in the Analysis of the Dual Economy

There is a good deal of confusion in the literature on the dual economy stemming from i) the frequent failure to specify assumptions made about the level and characteristics of unemployment and underemployment, and ii) the difficulties of building institutional rigidities into neoclassical allocation-models without producing results which are indeterminate or lacking in generality. This paper sets out some of the major assumptions made in various discussions of the dual economy, examines the effects of these assumptions on production and factor-use decisions in each sector and on the product-transformation locus for the economy, and suggests some related problems of policy analysis in the dual economy