Informal Sector in Economic Development

Prabir Bhattacharya is an economist affiliated to Glasgow University and Heriot-Watt University.

• 1. A Survey of the Theoretical Literature on Rural-Urban Migration.- 2. A Model of a Less Developed Country (LDC): The Static Analysis.- 3. A Model of a Less Developed Country: The Dynamic Analysis.- 4. Further Implications.- 5. A Model of Optimal Development with an Informal Sector.- 6. A Model of a Developed Country (the DC Model).- 7. The Open Economy Considerations in the DC and LDC Models.- 8. A Test of Two Rival Migration Models.- 9. The Role of the Informal Sector in Structural Transformation: Some Indian Evidence.- 10. The Informal Sector and Rural-to-Urban Migration in India.- 11. Urbanisation and Rural-to-Urban Migration in Developing Countries.