Jill Wells. The Construction Industry in Developing Countries: Alternative Strategies for Development.

Mahmood, Mir Annice

Jill Wells. The Construction Industry in Developing Countries: Alternative Strategies for Development. London: Croom Helm. 1986. 184 pp.

The book looks at various aspects of the construction industry in developing countries. The author advocates the development of an efficient, indigenous construction industry as it would help in stimulating growth in other sectors of the economy. However, before this can be achieved, some barriers to the development of productive forces in this industry have to be surmounted. This book examines various methods of reducing and eliminating those barriers and concludes that government support would be essential.

Part II of the book consists of case studies from three developing countries: Kenya, Tanzania and Cuba. The case studies describe those countries' experiences which other countries can usefully emulate according to their circumstances.

Prepared by Mir Annice Mahmood, Research Economist at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad.