Development of Societies: The Next Twenty-Five Years

Speeches Given during the Conference.- Opening Speech.- Speech on the occasion of his installation as an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Social Studies.- Speech on the occasion of his installation as an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Social Studies.- Reflections by a Minister on development problems.- Reflections by a Civil Servant on development problems.- Rapporteurs' Comments on Group Discussions.- Group A, Development and Dependence.- Group B, Perspectives and Strategies for the Rural Poor.- Group C, Employment, Mobilization and Participation.- Group D, Restructuring Industrial Societies and the New Economic World Order.- Open Group, The Past and Future of Development Studies.- A Selection of the Papers Presented at the Conference.- Balance Carried Forward a review of twenty five years of development studies at the Institute of Social Studies.- A Reconsideration of Economic Development Theories 1952-77.- Aid to the Poor - or Betting on the Poor.- The Burden of Land Reform: an Asian model land reform re-analysed.- Technology, the System and the Poor the case of the new cereal varieties.- Urban Poverty and Employment in Latin America: guidelines for action.- Redistribution before Growth - a Strategy for Developing Countries.- Restructuring the Economies of the Industrialized Countries: a positive sum game?.- The International Crisis: adjustment policies for incomes and employment.- Development and Dependence: the emerging regional division of labour in Latin America.- Perspectives in the Latin American Growth 'Centres'.- Development Cooperation a differentiated and thematic approach.- Structural Aspects of Third World Trade: some trends and some prospects.- Restructuring Industrialized Countries and the New International Order.- Participants at the Conference.