Encyclopaedia of Economic Development

The present series of publications attempt provide a comprehensive background of the issues and factors that significant in the increasingly complex world of economic development, While it is accepted that individual countries cannot be isolated from the international development process, and also that the international countries of the west control largely the ebb and flow of international finances, it must also be kept in mind that the process of economic development cannot be secluded from social, political and socioeconomic development, These plies as much to nations as to individuals, it is to profile a broad overview of the process and indicators, problems and prospects, of economic development, with special reference to lndia, that the present collections of articles, papers, essays and abstracts are drawn from a wide range of sources, Published and unpublished, The choice of subjects range from global economic issues, international trade and finance, monetary Policy and Centre-State finances to industrialization, rural development, agricultural, economy, multinational corporations and the private sector, technology and development alternatives, The compilation has been so structured that the volumes would be useful singly as well as collectively, They will be of immense use to all students, researchers, economists, academicians and development executives who would like to know more about the intricacies of economic development and the development process,