On the face of it it looks as if there should be no great difference between less developed countries (LDCs) and the advanced national economies as far as planning is concerned. And yet in reality such differences do exist, even if they do not necessarily stem from the inequalities in the...

The XXVIIth Congress of the CPSU marked the beginning of a new phase in Soviet economic policy which is to last to the year 2000. The Congress laid down the objectives for this phase and the means by which the objectives are to be achieved. Our article examines the question whether, or to what...

The traditional focus of development cooperation on economic growth and the transfer of technology having proved insufficient, it would seem that an international consensus on the objectives and essence of development is now emerging which places strong emphasis on participation of the people...

Far-reaching changes in the People's Republic of China's economic and social policy have been decided and carried out since 1978. The following article analyses a number of selected aspects of the economic order to illustrate the direction the reforms are taking and the limitations to which they...