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An Analysis Of Iran’S Third Five-Year Development Plan In The Post-Revolution Era (2000-2005), Abbas Valadkhani
An Analysis Of Iran’S Third Five-Year Development Plan In The Post-Revolution Era (2000-2005), Abbas Valadkhani
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The major objective of this paper is to provide a succinct and critical review of Iran’s Third Five-Year Development Plan (2000/01-2004/05, fiscal year ending March 20). After highlighting the salient features of the Iranian economy and a brief explanation of the previous two development plans, this paper discusses the extent to which the specified macroeconomic objectives of the third plan are achievable. It is argued that there are a number of practical inconsistencies and structural problems in this plan like its predecessors that stifle the long-run economic development. More specifically the constitution, which is beyond the government control, should be …
Structure And Growth Performance Of Small Industry In Sri Lanka, H. Wijewardena
Structure And Growth Performance Of Small Industry In Sri Lanka, H. Wijewardena
Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers
Because of the inability of the agricultural sector, due to its physical limitations, in continuing as the major contributor to the economic development of Sri Lanka the need to promote the industrial sector has increased greatly in recent years. Small-scale industrial enterprises, in particular, deserve more encouragement since their labour intensive character is consistent with the relative abundance of labour and the scarcity of capital in the economy. However, statistics reveal that the growth performance of the small industry segment has not been satisfactory after the year 1977. The main reason for this seems to be the unfavourable effect of …