Recent Submissions

  • METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF DEVELOPMENT 

    A. EUGENE HAYENS (UON, 1972)
    It is appropriate, after concluding the Decade of Development, to take stock of where the study of development has taken us and where it has gone wrong. That it has gone wrong is painfully obvious given the meager results ...
  • DEVELOPMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT AND MARKETING IN LATIN AMERICA. 

    KELLY HARRISON (UON, 1972)
    In this paper the author contends that because of unequal Income distribution and high-unemployment and underemployment levels In Latin America, development planners should begin to examine Issues of economic organization ...
  • QUALITY OF LIFE-FAMILY 

    CECILE H. EDWARDS (UON, 1973)
    To assess the feasibility of a major research and development effort in non-formal educational techniques to improve the quality of life in rural and urban family units in less developed countries(LDCs), the Howard University ...
  • ORGANIZATION OF TRADE IN ONE TROPICAL MUNICIPALITY OF VERA CRUZ, MEXICO. 

    HUGH L. COOK AND THEODORE COOK (UON, 1972)
    The organization of agricultural trade in a snail Mexican city is studied by making the market. Organization in that city a focal point for inquiry. Much of the produce consumed in San Andres Tuxtla originates in the state ...
  • THE BREAKDOWN OF PROVINCIAL URBAN POWER STRUCTURE AND THE RISE OF PEASANT MOVEMENTS 

    GIORGIO ALBERTI (UON, 1973)
    It has long been recognized that the study of peasant movements requires two basic methodological rules for its proper understanding: first, the focus of the study must be both on the interaction process which binds the ...
  • CASE STUDIES IN AID CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 

    JOHN H. BADGLEY (UON, 1973)
    This is a descriptive and evaluative report on ten country programs which illustrate AID approaches to human resource development. It is a sequel to a concept paper on human resources which suggested actionable AID programs ...
  • CAPITAL FORMATION AND THE FIRM-HOUSEHOLD DECISION MAKING PROCESS 

    D. W. ADAMS AND I. J. SINGH (UON, 1972)
    Despite the difficulty of assembling appropriate data, detailed knowledge regarding the capital formation processes at the rural firm-household level is necessary if the development process is to be understood. No satisfactory ...
  • THE INCIDENCE OF COLOMBIAN TAXES, 1970 

    CHARLES E. McLURE JR. (UON, 1973)
    This paper reports the estimated distribution of income and incidence of taxation that prevailed in Colombia in 1970. Estimates are presented for the urban and rural sectors separately, though primary attention should focus ...
  • REASEARCH ON EMPLOYMENT IN THE RURAL NONFARM SECTOR IN AFRICA 

    CARL LIEDHOLM (UON, 1973)
    Lied olm's paper is an outgrowth of the increasing emphasis being given by scholars to rural nonfarm activities as a source of income and employment generation in rural areas. The author first gives a descriptive profile ...