The presence of economically and socially disadvantaged groups is a common feature of
most less-developed countries (LDC's). These" backward classes" share a common religion …

Ginsburg's excellent data shall be employed. 3 The sampleconsists of 80 countries,
including both develop ed and developing countries. This larger sample is divided into two …

In many underdeveloped countries the presence of substantial non-indigenous minorities is
a complicating factor in programming for economic 8evelopment. This is particularly so …

How to overcome the poverty of the low income populations in the economically less
developed countries (LDCs) is one of the most urgent questions of our times. 1 The …

Both because of their size and be-cause of their broad areas of similarity in economic
organization, it would seem that these populations offer the richest field of study for the …

Let me say that my remarks apply primarily to the important group of underdeveloped
countries whose economies have already registered important advances. In such countries …

" We shall use as a starting point the incontrovertible fact that the basic social and economic
structure of the countries of South Asia is radically different from that existing in advanced …

OUT of regard for their feelings, countries which until the last war used to be called"
backward" are now being called" under-developed." Mr. Hla Myint1 protests against this …

Partha Chatterjee: I think that one of the factors that conditions this whole process of
becoming a major power is precisely the enormous pressure to achieve rapid growth and …

Since frank discussion in a conference of this kind requires strict confidentiality, the various
points of view expressed are summarized without attribution. In addition, in some cases it …