World Development

1973 - 2025

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Volume 2, issue 10-12, 1974

Restructuring the world economy pp. 1-9

Hollis B. Chenery

The limits of development research pp. 11-34

Paul Streeten

Indexing in Brazil pp. 35-47

Werner Baer and Paul Beckerman

Distribution of income, technology and employment: An analysis of the industrial sectors of Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela pp. 49-57

Victor E. Tokman

Some aspects of financial policies and central banking in developing countries pp. 59-67

V. V. Bhatt

The Colombian plan 1971-74: A test of the leading sector strategy pp. 69-72

Lauchlin Currie

British factory-Japanese factory: The origins of national diversity in industrial relations: By Ronald Dore. (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1974. Pp. 432. [UK pound]2.15.) pp. 73-73

Dudley Jackson

Distribuccion del ingreso: Edited by Alexandro Foxley. (Fondo de Cultura Economica, Mexico, 1974. Pp. 509.) pp. 73-74

Rosemary Thorp

Men and management in contemporary africa: By C. C. Onyemelukwe. (London: Longman Group, 1974. Pp. xiii + 189. [UK pound]4.95.) pp. 74-76

John Oxenham

Financial deepening in economic development: By Edward S. Shaw. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. Pp. xii + 269. Cloth [UK pound]3.45, paper [UK pound]1.60.) pp. 76-77

Charles Harvey

Development reports pp. 78-79

A. H. Boerma

Volume 2, issue 9, 1974

The patent system and the third world pp. 3-14

Surendra J. Patel

Abuses of patent monopoly: A legal appraisal pp. 15-26

Pedro Roffe

Developing countries and the patent system: An economic appraisal pp. 27-36

Peter O'Brien

Volume 2, issue 8, 1974

Actors and factors in policy decisions on foreign direct investment pp. 1-14

Jack N. Behrman

Japan's `Aid' to developing countries pp. 15-20

Radha Sinha

The Comilla co-operative approach and the prospects for broad-based green revolution in Bangladesh pp. 21-28

Swadesh Bose

Protected markets and firms' export distribution pp. 29-36

Seev Hirsch and Zvi Adar

Volume 2, issue 7, 1974

Employment in developing countries pp. 1-27

Edgar O. Edwards

Welfare of the common man in various countries pp. 29-39

Branko Horvat

Firm size and export performance pp. 41-46

Seev Hirsch and Zvi Adar

An heterodoxical interpretation of the employment problem in Latin America pp. 47-58

Joseph Ramos

The role of trade unions in the development process: U.G. Damachi (New York: Praeger, 1974. Pp. x + 175. $15.00.) pp. 59-61

M. A. Bienefeld

Sociology and development: Edited by E. de Kadt and G. Williams. (London: Tavistock, 1974 Pp. x + 374. [UK pound]5.60.) pp. 61-61

Richard Johnson

Volume 2, issue 6, 1974

The World Bank group and the process of socio-economic development in the Third World pp. 1-10

Werner Baer

Implementation of policies for fuller employment in less developed countries pp. 11-26

Vincent M. Barnett

The firm's export concentration: Determinants and applications pp. 27-33

Seev Hirsch and Baruch Lev

Comparative rural systems, development and underdevelopment pp. 35-43

George L. Beckford

Liberation and the aims of science: An essay on obstacles to the building of a beautiful world: By Brian Easlea. (London: Chatto and Windus for the Sussex University Press, 1973. Pp. 370. Cloth [UK pound]5.50, paper [UK pound]2.50.) pp. 45-47

Alison Jolly

On economic inequality: The Radcliffe Lectures delivered in the University of Warwick. By Amartya Sen. (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1973. (c) Oxford University Press, 1974. Pp. 118. [UK pound]2. 10 cloth, [UK pound]0.90 paper.) pp. 45-45

Paul Streeten

Serving the small farmer: Policy choices in Indian agriculture: Edited by Guy Hunter and Anthony F. Bottrall. (London: Croom Helm, in association with the Overseas Development Institute, 1974. Pp. viii + 250. [UK pound]6.95.) pp. 47-48

M. P. Moore

Volume 2, issue 4-5, 1974

The labour market and patterns of employment in the wage sector of LDCs: Implications for the volume of employment generated pp. 1-7

Ronald Dore

Kenya's informal machine-makers: A study of small-scale industry in Kenya's emergent artisan society pp. 9-28

Kenneth J. King

Some reflections for a study on labor underutilization pp. 29-34

Clovis Cavalcanti

The least developed countries as a special case pp. 35-42

Percy Selwyn

Less-developed countries and private foreign direct investment: A review article pp. 43-48

Sanjaya Lall

Five-year plan of Bangladesh: Perspectives and problems pp. 49-53

Nurul Islam

Agrarian unrest in Asia and Latin America pp. 55-61

Frances M. Foland

Science policy and development programs: Organizing science for government action pp. 63-69

John D. Montgomery

The transfer of commercial systems to developing countries pp. 71-74

Lawrence W. Bass

Multinationals at Bay? A review article pp. 75-76

Angus Hone

Anti-equilibrium: On economic systems theory and the tasks of research: By Janos Kornai. (Amsterdam and London: North-Holland Publishing Co., 1971. pp. xx + 402. d.fl. 80.00 or $23.50 (approx.) cloth; d.fl. 45.00 or $17.30 (approx.) paper. index.) pp. 83-84

Paul Streeten

Oligopolistic reaction and multinational enterprise: By F.T. Knickerbocker. (Boston: Harvard University School of Business Administration, 1973. pp. xiii + 236. [UK pound]4.00. agents in the UK: Bailey Bros. and Swinfen Ltd.) pp. 84-85

Sanjaya Lall

Against the stream: Critical essays on economics: By Gunnar Myrdal. (London: Macmillan, 1973. pp. viii + 336. [UK pound]4.95.) pp. 85-86

Julian D. West

Employment creation in developing countries: The situation of labor in dependent economies: Edited by Karl Wohlmuth. (New York: Praeger Publishers and London: Pall Mall Press, 1973. pp. xix + 342. [UK pound]8.50. Bibliographies.) pp. 86-87

Colin Newbury

Redistribution to the rich and the poor: The grants economics of income distribution: Edited by Kenneth E. Boulding and Martin Pfaff. (Grants Economics Series. Belmont, California: Wardsworth Publishing Co., 1972. pp. 390.) pp. 87-87

Paul Streeten

Aid and self-help: a general guide to overseas aid: Elizabeth O'Kelly. (London and Tonbridge: Charles Knight, 1973. pp. 140. [UK pound]2.50.) pp. 87-88

John White

Private enterprise in a post-industrial society: A study of the role of private enterprise in economic development: Series of analyses and positions based on research of the Diebold institute: No. 2, business and developing countries. (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1973. pp. 121.) pp. 88-89

Julian West

Budget innovations in developing countries: the experience of Nepal: By John C. Beyer. (New York: Praeger, 1973. pp. xii + 187. $15.00.) pp. 89-90

Charles Harvey

Volume 2, issue 3, 1974

The international transmission of inequality pp. 3-15

Keith Griffin

Technology and employment in LDCs pp. 17-46

Frances Stewart

The choice of technology, economic efficiency and employment in developing countries pp. 47-54

James Pickett, D. J. C. Forsyth and N. S. McBain

Science policy and technological change in underdeveloped economies pp. 55-64

Charles Cooper

Technological choice in construction in two Asian countries: China and India pp. 65-73

A. S. Bhalla

Technology and employment in China pp. 75-85

Jon Sigurdson

Money and capital in economic development: By R.I. McKinnon. (Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1973. Pp. 177. index.) pp. 87-88

P. Ady

Assisting developing countries: Problems of debts, burden-sharing, jobs and trade: By Charles R. Frank, Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Robert d'A. Shaw and Harald B. Malmgren. (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1972. Pp. xx + 482. $15.00.) pp. 89-90

Sanjaya Lall

The economic surplus and neo-Marxism: By Ron Stanfield. (Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath & Co., 1974. Pp. xiii + 125. [UK pound]4.25.) pp. 90-91

Jan Kregel

New paths to learning for rural children and youth: By Philip H. Coombs, with Roy C. Prosser and Manzoor Ahmed. Nonformal education for rural development Series, edited by Barbara Baird Israel. (Prepared for UNICEF by the International Council for Educational Development, 1973. Pp. x + 133. $2.00) pp. 91-92

John Oxenham

Brazil struggles for development: By Gordon Campbell. (London: Charles Knight & Co., 1972. Pp. ix + 206. [UK pound]3.00.) pp. 92-93

Emmanuel de Kadt

Readings in macroeconomics: Edited by M.G. Mueller. (London: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973 Second edition. Pp. 475. [UK pound]2.00.) pp. 93-94

J. D. West

Europe in the making: By Walter Hallstein. (London: George Allen and Unwin, 1972. Pp. 343. [UK pound]5.50.) pp. 94-95

Angus Hone

Volume 2, issue 2, 1974

Introduction pp. 1-4

Julian West

Alternatives in development pp. 5-8

Paul Streeten

The Western model of economic development pp. 9-10

Harry G. Johnson

Report of the `AD HOC' working group to the plenary session of the conference pp. 11-11

Tom Holzinger

Adequate health services for poor countries: How can the rich countries contribute to reaching such a goal? pp. 13-17

Ole David Koht Norbye

An estimate of the demographic effects of malaria control: A case study of Sri Lanka pp. 19-21

R. H. Gray

The employment of women and the reduction of fertility: Implications for development pp. 23-26

Joan Abbott

Report of the working group on health and demography pp. 27-28

G. R. Venning and Oscar Gish

Reflections on the scientific character of planning, illustrated in the fields of education and health pp. 29-31

J. A. Ponsioen

Changing perspective in educational planning and co-operation between countries of the Third World and Western Europe pp. 33-35

Richard D'Aeth

The changing pattern of universities in developing countries pp. 37-39

I. C. M. Maxwell

Traditional islamic and modern Western education in tropical Africa: The problems of integration pp. 41-43

Mervyn Hiskett

Report of the working group on education and training pp. 45-48

Richard D'Aeth and Anne Gordon

The role of communication in development pp. 49-51

J. W. T. Cooper

Communication training in the Third World pp. 53-55

Clement Jones

Some notes on public service radio in a developing country pp. 57-59

Robert W. M. McLeish

Communications in a developing world pp. 61-64

Brenda Maddox

Report of the working group on communications pp. 65-68

Clement Jones and John Alexander

A new concept of government for developing countries pp. 69-70

Michael J. Graves

A new machinery of government for developing countries pp. 71-73

Michael J. Graves

Nations and cultures: The rural economy -- styles of growth and change pp. 75-79

Guy Hunter

The relevance of the western trade union model to developing countries pp. 81-83

George Foggon

Report of the working group on the machinery of government pp. 85-86

Henry M. Strage and Michael J. Graves

The Chinese approach to rural development pp. 87-91

Sartaj Aziz

Transferring technology to developing economies: The example of applying farm management economics in traditional African agriculture pp. 93-97

M. P. Collinson

Transfer and adaptation of western methods in agricultural processing pp. 99-102

H. A. B. Parpia

Some remarks on the transfer of technique and technology to the developing countries pp. 103-105

Arnost Tauber

Summary report of the working group on the rural sector and the application of technology pp. 107-108

George McRobie and Edith Hodgkinson

Some aspects of rural development programmes and neo-colonialism pp. 109-110

Peter Ripken

Planning development planning pp. 111-116

Thomas Balogh

Report of the working group on external financing: trade, aid and other forms of international co-operation pp. 117-121

Hans W. Singer and Anila Graham

Has foreign capital still a role to play in development? pp. 123-129

Maxwell Stamp

Multinational enterprises and trade flows of less developed countries pp. 131-138

John H. Dunning

Selected aspects of Tanzania's policies on foreign investment pp. 139-144

Peter Neerso

Multinational corporations and multinational buying groups: Their impact on the growth of asia's exports of manufactures-myths and realities pp. 145-149

Angus Hone

Report of the working group on multinational corporations and private overseas investment pp. 151-153

Angus Hone and Julian West

Volume 2, issue 1, 1974

On the paradigm for economic development pp. 1-8

Louis Lefeber

Distribution of earnings, growth and the structure of demand in Brazil during the 1960's pp. 9-24

John Wells

Education, society and development: Some main themes and suggested strategies for international assistance pp. 25-30

Edgar O. Edwards and Michael P. Todaro

Changes in income distribution and poverty in India: A review of the literature pp. 31-41

Dharma Kumar

Science and Technology in the United Nations pp. 43-48

Guy B. Gresford and Bertrand H. Chatel

Britain as an underdeveloped country pp. 49-53

Michael Sharpston

Rush versus harmonic growth: Meditations on the theory and the policies of economic growth: By Janos Kornai. (Professor Dr. F. de Vries Lectures. Amsterdam and London: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1972. Pp. x + 154.) pp. 55-56

Paul Streeten

Studies in the pure theory of international trade: By Raveendra N. Batra. (London: Macmillan, 1973. Pp. 355. [UK pound]8.00.) pp. 57-58

J. D. West

Correspondence education in Africa: Edited by Antoine Kabwasa and Martin M. Kaunda. (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1973. Pp. xv + 170. [UK pound]3.50.) pp. 58-59

John Oxenham

Technical assistance administration in East Africa: Edited by Yashpal Tandon. (Uppsala: Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, 1973. Available from Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Pp. 209. Sw. Kr. 25.) pp. 59-60

Jake Jacobs

Foreign resources and economic development: A symposium on the report of the Pearson Commission: Edited by T.J. Byres. (London: Frank Cass, 1972. Pp. 199. [UK pound]2.75.) pp. 61-62

Frances Stewart