1st Edition

Revival: Social Accounting and Economic Modelling for Developing Countries (2002) Analysis, Policy and Planning Applications

By S.I. Cohen Copyright 2002
    202 Pages
    by Routledge

    202 Pages
    by Routledge

    This title was first published in 2002. Providing the first comprehensive systematic assessment of the social accounting matrix (SAM) in twenty developing countries, Solomon Cohen introduces key research in the area and looks at its practical applications. Divided into two parts, the first part of each chapter: -Deals with the construction and structural analysis of the SAM -Examines refinements of the SAM as a self-contained model of the economy; study of SAM multipliers of growth and distribution -Explores decompositions of multiplier effects and cross-country and inter-temporal comparative analysis of changing economic structures. The second part looks at the SAM as a modular framework and a database, which can be flexibly used in economic policy modelling. This valuable reference, and the accompanying volume Social Accounting or Industrial and Transition Economies will be an essential addition to the bookshelves of researchers, instructors, policy makers, scholars and libraries.

    Contents: Social accounting for development analysis;

    Social accounting and development performance: growth and distribution in Colombia, Korea, Pakistan and Surinam; Cross-country analysis of SAMs for ten developing countries;

    Inter-temporal analysis of social accounting;

    Social accounting and circular flow planning models: an application to Pakistan;

    Social accounting and computable general equilibrium models: an application to Indonesia;

    Social accounting and modelling the interface between population and development;

    Social accounting and the modelling of convergence between rich and poor countries;

    Appendices;

    Bibliography;

    Index.

    Biography

    S.I. Cohen