Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Abstract -- Development in Theory and in Action -- Part I. Development in Theory -- Chapter 1 -- Emerging Development Issues in Continental Asia and the World: Their Institutional Implications -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Role of Institutions -- Enforcement of Informal Contracts -- Profiling Development Management Issues in Developing and Developed Countries -- Kautilya's Arthashastra (300 BC) -- Confucian Teachings (552-479 BC) -- Ibon Khaldun's Muqaddimach (1377) -- Gandhi-Schumacher -- Young Marx -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Culture System and Development: A Theoretical Perspective and Conceptual Framework for Further Research -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Conceptualization of a "Cultural System" -- Analytical Approach to the Relationship between the Cultural System and Development -- Significance of the Research and Review of the Existing Literature -- Direction for Further Research -- References -- Chapter 3 -- The Gandhian View of Economic Development and Its Relevance Today -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Gandhian View of Economic Development -- The Economics of Non-Violence -- Decentralised Economy -- Khadi Industry -- Use of Machines -- Village Economy -- The Trusteeship Doctrine -- The Relevance of Gandhian Economics to Modern India -- For Poverty and Unemployment -- Village Industry -- Use of Technology -- A New Mode of Economic Development -- Implementation and Criticism of Gandhian Views -- Criticisms about Current Relevance -- References -- Chapter 4 -- A Confucian Lesson in Development -- Abstract -- The Confucian Undertaking -- How to Change the World into a Higher State of Development: Ren and Li -- How the World is Changed: The Junzi -- The Inner Workings of Change and Transformation -- Harmony - A Recipe -- Three Present-Day Examples -- Conclusion.
