The Challenge of Development: Theory and Practice in Human Resource Management

A wide-ranging survey of the theoretical and practical problems of economic development, The Challenge of Development demonstrates how effective development theory, planning and programming derive from and are tested in firsthand field experience. Covering all aspects of development, Richard J. Ward presents chapters by leading authorities who have combined academic teaching and research with years of effort in underdeveloped countries or in the administration of foreign aid programs. The materials in The Challenge of Development are divided into six sections, providing logical, coherent coverage of each major segment of development programs: methodology, strategy and decision-making criteria in development; manpower needs and projections; the intrinsic value of land, including its agricultural potential; promoting the industrial sector; the development of infrastructure power, transportation and communications; and the social problems created by modern growth trends. In this way, it provides a balanced, practical approach to studying development problems and to working successfully in development programs. Encompassing a broad spectrum of material and illustrating the need for an interdisciplinary approach to the problems of development, The Challenge of Development is essential reading for all students of development at every level, is a useful sourcebook for the practitioner's library and an excellent handbook for business and political officials concerned with development.

Table of Contents:
1: The Challenge in Development Planning; A. Planning Techniques; Principles of Simulation; A Model of Development Alternatives; The Use of Accounting Prices in Planning; Development Banks; B. International Aspects Of Planning; National Planning and Multinational Planning Under the Alliance for Progress; International Commodity Markets as a Factor in Development Planning; Determining the Need for and Planning the Use of External Resources; 2: The Challenge in Developing Human Resources; Population and Labor Force Resources As Factors in Economic Development; The Entrepreneurial Element in Economic Development; Improving Public Management in Newly Developing Countries; Specialized Training for Developing Basic Scientific and Technological Cadres in Developing Countries of Africa; Occupational Health, the Development of a New Public Health Discipline in Peru; 3: The Challenge in Developing Natural Resources; A. Water And Mineral Development; Hydrology and Scientific Reclamation in the Punjab, West Pakistan; Government as a Dynamic Agent in Mineral Resource Development; A Cooperative Mineral Exploration and Development Program in Pakistan; B. Agricultural Development; Efficient Use of Labor, Land, and Capital for Agricultural Development of Densely Populated Areas; Transforming Irrigation From an Age-Old Art Into a Modern Science; Principles of Plant Genetics and Their Use in Increasing Food Production; Animal Improvement and Adaptation; Forestry’s Contribution to a Permanent Agriculture; Improvement of Production and Preservation Methods in an Underdeveloped Fishery; 4: The Challenge in Developing Industry; Creating a Practical Industrial Development Program; The Place of Small and Medium Industry in Development; Markets as a Basis for Industrial Development; The Iron and Steel Industry in a Developing Economy; Food Processing and the Developing Society; The Significance of the Forest Products Industry in Economic Development; Organization of a Textile Industry—Costs and Benefits to the Economy; 5: The Challenge in Developing Infrastructure; Typical Problems in the Development of Modern Power Supply in Less Developed Areas *; Metallurgical, Domestic, and Industrial Utilization of Low-Rank Coals; Techniques for Appraising the Energy Economy and Outlook in Less Developed Countries; Strategy Planning for Transportation and Economic Development; Phase Building of Railroads and Equipment for Less Developed Countries; Harbors, Marine Terminals, and Waterways for Less Developed Areas; New Uses of Mass Communication for the Promotion of Economic and Social Development; 6: Social and Cultural Challenges in Development; Revitalization Movements in Development; Toward a Theory of Community Development; Social Stratification and Social Mobility in the Development Process; The Implications of Urbanization for the Village and Rural Sector; Capital Requirement for Urban Social Overhead; The Emerging International Culture