This provides a non-technical explanation of the main techniques used for economic policy formulation in developing countries and shows how these models are still integral features of policy management despite new market-based approaches

Anis Chowdhury is Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Western Sydney., Colin Kirkpatrick is Professor of Development Economics at the University of Bradford.

Chapter 1 Development Policy Analysis and Quantitative Planning Methods; Chapter 2 Aggregate Consistency Models; Chapter 3 Disaggregated Consistency Models; Chapter 4 Multi-Sectoral Models and the Social Accounting Matrix; Chapter 5 Programming Approach to Planning; Chapter 6 Computable General Equilibrium Models; Chapter 7 Cost-Benefit Analysis;