Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The development path -- Historical explanations of backwardness -- Stages of economic growth -- Structural change -- Bangladesh -- Mozambique -- Further reading -- Notes -- 2. Objectives and strategy formulation -- Social and political objectives -- From objectives to strategies -- The 'big push' or 'unbalanced growth' -- Import substitution or export growth -- Further reading -- Notes -- 3. The nature and scope of planning -- The purpose of planning -- The organisation of planning -- Macro planning -- The use of computing aids and models -- Sector and project planning -- Techniques of project pricing -- Institutional development -- Concluding remarks -- Further reading -- Notes -- 4. Instruments of policy -- The range of policy instruments -- Fiscal policy -- Monetary policy -- Trade policy -- Tariffs taxation and exchange rates -- Further reading -- Notes -- 5. Policies for agriculture and industry -- Agriculture -- From agriculture to industry -- Industry -- Further reading -- Notes -- 6. Population and family planning -- World population and its enumeration -- Measurement of population change -- Population and economic growth -- Population planning and policy -- Conclusion -- Further reading -- Notes -- 7. Work and welfare -- Employment -- Education -- Health -- Further reading -- Notes -- 8. International development policy -- The statistical structure of trade and finance -- Salient features of trade and finace flows -- Developing countries in the world economic system -- The effects of foreign aid -- Transnational corporations and foreign investment -- Looking to the future -- Further reading -- Notes -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Correcting domestic price distortions by tariffs or subsidies -- Appendix 2: Effects of uniform and differential duties -- Appendix 3: Effective protection.
