This paper is an attempt to explain why biotechnology for mining has yet to be developed and more widely diffused, and draws out the implications for the Andean Group and for other mineral producing developing countries

Public agricultural credit agencies are not a solution to peasant agricultural development. Yet history of Banco Nacional de Credito Ejidal in Mexico indicates that such agencies may have some advantages. These include the ability to channel national resources to economically marginal peasants,...

Der Autor zeigt, wie durch die Einführung der Kiesgewinnung bei den Ikpe die traditionelle Wirtschafts- und Sozialstruktur im Begriff ist, von kapitalistischen Klassenverhältnissen (Lohnarbeit und Kapital z.B.) überlagert zu werden. (DÜI-Spe)

Having briefly outlined some outstanding features of traditional fishing villages in South Kerala, the study shows the mechanisms by which the village of Sakthikulangara has radically been transformed under the impact of changes in the outside economy. High degree of uncertainty and...

Independent India's economic development presents the paradox of 'a static economy in progress'. The author spells out a little of the content of the paradox, relates it to the nature of India's poverty and suggests that the link between the stagnation and the progress, the explanation of how...

Examination of certain aspects of China's single-child family programme (SCFP) with particular reference to its operation in the countryside. The SCFP, which has been fashioned with a keen eye to inter-sectoral, inter-regional and inter-community differences, marks a profound change in the...