Summary

The studies in this book cover a wide range of major issues in development economics. In the first part, general problems of concept, method, analysis, historical experience, and policy are examined. The topics include a systematic analysis of the notions of the vicious circle of poverty and the widening gap; fundamental examination of comprehensive planning and foreign aid as instruments for the development of poor countries; a discussion of Marxist-Leninist prescriptions on development policy; a critique of the ideas of UNCTAD; and an assessment of the role of economics in the study of underdeveloped countries and in the provision of technical assistance.