Colonial Social Accounting

1953 report on an inquiry into the problems of social accounting in the two territories of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

Phyllis Deane (Author)

9781107601284, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 30 June 2011

388 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.57 kg

First published in 1953, this is Miss Deane's final report on her inquiry into the problems of social accounting in the two territories of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. In her introduction, Miss Deane discusses the purpose of social accounting, and the accounting framework used for her study. Parts II and III review the economies of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland; methods of estimate are set out in appendixes. Part IV describes experiments in village social accounting, the problems involves, and the results obtained; and an appendix gives an annotated list of published and unpublished budget surveys made for the Central African region. Part V gives conclusions.

Preface
Part I. Introduction: 1. The purpose of social accounting
2. The basic accounts
Part II. The Economy of Northern Rhodesia: 3. The colony and its people
4. The structure of national output
5. The social accounts
Part III. The Economy of Nyasaland: 6. The colony and its people
7. The structure of national output
8. The social accounts
Part IV. The Rural Communities: 9. Social accounting for primitive communities
10. Collecting the data
11. Experiments in village economic surveying 1: questions and answers
12. Experiments in village economic surveying 2: combining the answers
13. Village economic survey results
Part V. Conclusions: 14. The Central African economy
15. The experiment reviewed
Appendices
Index.

Subject Areas: Environmental economics [KCN]