World Development

1973 - 2025

Current editor(s): O. T. Coomes

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Volume 5, issue 9-10, 1977

The work of the Livingstone Institute on `appropriate' technology: Editor's introduction pp. 773-776

James Pickett

Technical choice in developing countries: The case of leather manufacturing pp. 777-789

M. M. Huq and H. Aragaw

Some aspects of technology choice in the iron foundry industry pp. 791-801

B. A. Bhat and C. C. Prendergast

Capital goods manufacture and the choice of technique in the maize - milling industry pp. 803-811

S. J. Uhlig and B. A. Bhat

Brewing projects in developing countries: Technology, costs and employment pp. 813-828

James Keddie and William Cleghorn

Developing country product choice: Footwear in Ethiopia pp. 829-838

N. S. McBain

The choice of technique in a batch production industry: Some lessons from a study of bolt and nut manufacture pp. 839-851

S. J. Uhlig and N. S. McBain

The choice of technology in the production of fertilizer: A case study of ammonia and urea pp. 853-866

Richard Disney and H. Aragaw

Bottlenecks in a single-cropping system in Chilalo, Ethiopia: The acceptance and relevance of improved farming equipment pp. 867-878

Gerard J. Hill

A note on operating conditions and technology in African textile production pp. 879-882

James Pickett and R. Robson

Volume 5, issue 8, 1977

Some reflections on `redistribution with growth' pp. 665-676

Wilfred Beckerman

The political economy of controlling transnationals: The pharmaceutical industry in Sri Lanka (1972-1976) pp. 677-697

Sanjaya Lall and Senaka Bibile

The hungry, crowded and competitive world pp. 699-706

Nurul Islam

Why inflation is not relative price-neutral for primary products pp. 707-713

John Spraos

Malnutrition: A poverty or a food problem? pp. 715-724

Shlomo Reutlinger

American agricultural assistance and the new international economic order pp. 725-746

Carlisle Runge

Sources of growth of Maltese manufacturing industries pp. 747-752

M. M. Metwally

Kaldor's `the military in development' -- a comment pp. 753-761

Alice H. Amsden

Reply pp. 763-763

Mary Kaldor

Catastrophe or new society? a Latin American world model: By Amilcar O. Herrera, Hugo D. Scolnik, Graciela Chichilnisky, Gilberto C. Gallopin, Jorge E. Hardoy, Diana Mosovich, Enrique Oteiza, Gilda L. de Romero Brest, Carlos E. Suarez, and Luis Talavera (Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, 1976, Pp. 108. $1.00) pp. 765-766

H. W. Singer

Food and poverty. The political economy of confrontation: By Radha Sinha (London: Croom Helm, 1976, 196 pp. [UK pound]6.50) pp. 766-767

Sue Schofield

The erosion of a relationship: India and Britain since 1960: By M. Lipton and J. Firn (London: Oxford University Press, 1975. pp. xvi+427. [UK pound]13.00) pp. 767-768

Amartya Sen

Film-making in developing countries: Edited by Andreas Fuglesang (The Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, 1975) pp. 768-769

Rita Cruise O'Brien

Volume 5, issue 5-7, 1977

The world food problem: Consensus and conflict Editor's introduction pp. 371-382

Radha Sinha

World food: Myth and reality pp. 383-394

Thomas T. Poleman

World population situation: Problems and prospects pp. 395-405

W. Parker Mauldin

Agricultural policies in the EEC and their external implications pp. 407-415

Denis Bergmann

Can Eastern Europe feed itself? pp. 417-424

Alec Nove

Foodgrain production and population in Asia: China, India and Bangladesh pp. 425-440

Gilbert Etienne

Problems of arid agriculture in West Asia pp. 441-446

A. A. El-Sherbini

Africa: A continent in transition pp. 447-457

Emil Rado and Radha Sinha

Agricultural production prospects in Latin America pp. 459-476

Solon Barraclough

Food production potential of the world pp. 477-485

P. Buringh

Assuring our food supply -- technology, resources and policy pp. 487-495

Sylvan H. Wittwer

Projections of world demand for and supply of foodgrains: An attempt at methodological evaluation pp. 497-506

Romesh Diwan

Climatic variation and implications for world food production pp. 507-518

Reid A. Bryson and John E. Ross

World water resources: Perspectives and problems pp. 519-523

A. A. Sokolov

The world fertilizer situation pp. 525-536

G. R. Allen

World grain markets: A functional analysis pp. 537-547

Walter C. Labys

The world grain economy and the food problem pp. 549-558

Robbin S. Johnson

Agribusiness and the elimination of Latin America's rural proletariat pp. 559-571

Ernest Feder

The changing structure of US agriculture: Implications for world trade pp. 573-583

Wesley Sundquist

Marketing alternatives for agriculture in developed countries pp. 585-593

V. James Rhodes

The UNCTAD integrated programme for commodities and the world food problem pp. 595-601

Alan R. Lamond

Grain reserves and government agricultural policies pp. 603-611

Tim Josling

Food security: Storage vs exchange pp. 613-621

R. S. Weckstein

The new politics of food pp. 623-631

Lyle P. Schertz and Byron L. Berntson

External assistance for food and agricultural development in the Third World pp. 633-639

J. P. Bhattacharjee

The role of the developed countries in world agricultural development pp. 641-649

A. Simantov

The world food situation and collective self-reliance pp. 651-660

Sartaj Aziz

A selected bibliography pp. 661-664

Gautam Pingle

Volume 5, issue 4, 1977

Development and income distribution: A case study of Sri Lanka and Malaysia pp. 279-289

Eddy Lee

Migration and the urban labour market: The case of San Salvador pp. 291-302

Peter Peek and Pedro Antolinez

Economic trends and policies in India during the Emergency pp. 303-316

J. F. J. Toye

Land productivity, farm size and returns to scale in Pakistan agriculture pp. 317-323

Mahmood Hasan Khan

Where should developing countries' minerals be processed? The country view versus the multinational company view pp. 325-334

Marian Radetzki

Trends and patterns of the international tropical hardwood trade pp. 335-348

Ephraim E. Enabor

Interactions between private speculation and buffer stock agencies in commodity stabilization pp. 349-353

Paul Hallwood

Dependence is dead, long live dependence and the class struggle: An answer to critics pp. 355-370

Andre Gunter Frank

Volume 5, issue 3, 1977

Taxation and the urban poor in developing countries pp. 169-188

Charles McLure

Appropriate technology in sugar manufacturing pp. 189-202

David J. C. Forsyth

Technology and employment in the production of cotton cloth pp. 203-215

James Pickett and R. Robson

The division of labour is limited by the type of market: The case of the Taiwanese machine tool industry pp. 217-233

Alice H. Amsden

Two refineries: A comparative study of technology transfer to the Nigerian refining industry pp. 235-256

Terisa Turner

The new economics of growth: A review pp. 267-270

Michael Lipton

Poverty, unemployment and development policy: A case study of selected issues with reference to Kerala: (New York: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 1975, 235 pp. $US 9.00) pp. 271-273

Radha Sinha

Underexploited tropical plants with promising economic value: (Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, 1976) pp. 273-273

H. D. Tindall

Energy and food production: By Gerald Leach (Guildford: IPC Science and Technology Press, 1976; 137 pp., [UK pound]5.50) pp. 273-274

D. L. Bevan

The Paradox of Poverty: Socio-economic aspects of population growth: Edited by Scarlett Epstein and Darrell Jackson (India: Macmillan, 1976; for the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex; [UK pound]3.00+50p postage) pp. 274-275

Taya Zinkin

Volume 5, issue 1-2, 1977

Editors' introduction pp. 1-6

Werner Baer and Larry Samuelson

Beyond import substitution: The case of Argentina pp. 7-17

Juan de Pablo

The Brazilian economy in the seventies: Old and new developments pp. 19-45

Pedro S. Malan and Regis Bonelli

Issues and evidence on recent Brazilian economic growth pp. 47-67

Edmar Bacha

Chile: The role of asset redistribution in poverty-focused development strategies pp. 69-88

Alejandro Foxley, Eduardo Aninat and Jose P. Arellano

Import substitution and beyond: Colombia pp. 89-109

Albert Berry and Francisco Thoumi

Import substitution in Mexico: Past and present pp. 111-123

L. Antonio Aspra

The post-import-substitution era: The case of Peru pp. 125-136

Rosemary Thorp

The Andean pact: A model of economic integration for developing countries pp. 137-153

Ricardo Ffrench-Davis

Agrarian reforms in Latin America: A framework and an instrument of rural development pp. 155-168

Adolfo Figueroa