Front Cover; Studies in Political Economy of Development; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. Some Considerations of Long-term Planning in Mixed Economies (1968); CHAPTER 2. Industrial Development Strategy (1971); Development strategy; Overall development and industrial development strategy; Conditions for industrial development; Evaluation criteria; Setting strategic goals; Time-scheduling; Matching goals with policies; Conclusion

CHAPTER 3. Development Planning and Policies for Increasing Domestic Resources for Investment-with Special Reference to Latin America (1968)General considerations; The trap of ""perverse growth""; The problem of effective demand; Market allocation of investment versus effective planning; Minimum conditions for effective planning; Policies for accelerated growth; CHAPTER 4. Levels of Satiety and Rates of Growth (1966); CHAPTER 5. The Significance of the Foreign Trade Sector and the Strategy of Foreign Trade Planning (1967); Introduction; The place of foreign trade

Foreign trade as a barrier to growthPlanning foreign trade (some details of the fourth step); The case for foreign aid; CHAPTER 6. Forms of Foreign Aid-An Economic Analysis (1966); Introduction; Foreign aid and economic development; Principal forms of economic aid; Aid through trade; Conclusion; CHAPTER 7. Problems of Implementation of Industrialization Plans (1970); Preliminary remarks; Implementation of industrialization programmes under comprehensive planning; Implementation of industrialization plans in a mixed economy

CHAPTER 8. Transfer of Technology and Strategy of Industrialization (1970)CHAPTER 9. Selection of Techniques : Problems and Policies for Latin A merica (1970); Introductory remarks; A peep at some theoretical controversies; The Latin American scene; Some conclusions and suggestions; CHAPTER 10.Technological Policies for Latin American Development (1971); Why technological policies?; Fitting TPs into development strategies; Guidelines for the study of the technological market; Transfer of technology. How efficient and how expensive?; Supply of technology to agriculture

Effective demand for technologiesShaping the institutional framework for TPs and choosing the operational controls; CHAPTER 11. Transfer of Technology and Research Priorities for Latin America-a Social Scientist's Point of View (1971); Preliminary remarks; Evaluation criteria of development-oriented research; Some priority areas for development-oriented research; Strategies of research; The case for international co-operation; CHAPTER 12. A Welfare State for Poor Countries? (1971); CHAPTER 13. Approaches to a Political Economy of Environment (1971); The motives behind the concern