01586cas a2200229 a 4500 AALejournalIMF011535 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 9781616353124 0145-1707 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept. Finance and Development, June 1973. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1973. 1 online resource (50 pages) Finance and Development <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper reviews the influence of the tropical climate on economic development. The paper highlights that the effect of climate is clearly not the only ruling constraint on economic development. It is claimed that climatic factors severely hamper development through their impact on both human beings and their agriculture. Human economic activity is directly and adversely affected through the widespread extent and impact of diseases; and tropical agriculture suffers in the quality of its soils, its rainfall, and its multiplicity of pests and diseases. Mode of access: Internet Finance and Development; Finance and Development ; No. 0010/002 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/022/0010/002/022.0010.issue-002-en.xml IMF e-Library