The politics and performance of the post-Mao Chinese government (1976 to the present) in the areas of foreign economic relations and Sino-American normalization are examined. Realizing that the four modernizations program for bringing up to date agriculture, industry, science and technology, and defense, initiated by Mao's successors in 1977, was…

Cliometrics is revealing some controversial results in American economic history. Topics reviewed in this article include: the origins of cliometrics in the United States; the present status of cliometrics; the search for the mechanisms of economic growth; the problems of finding statistical data and the application of modern quantitative methods.…

Bangladesh could achieve self-sufficiency despite natural and man-made catastrophies. It contains rich alluvial soils and abundant groundwater. The country also possesses energy resources needed for development. By combining agrarian reform with population control and small industry development the Bangladesh government hopes to restructure its…

The world's primary concern is finding a way out of the crises of resource usage, environment, and development. The world does not suffer from a lack of resources, but rather from unfair distribution and misuse plus the behavior within and between nations. A new international order is therefore required. (BT)

Educational development in a country should reliably predict the level of wealth and its distribution. Undeveloped societies tend to have highly inegalitarian distribution functions. The development process accelerates this tendency by rewarding wealthy segments of the population that are in a position to invest in the growing economy. Finally, in…

This issue of Reports Magazine focuses on the challenges that women face and their efforts to continue the struggle for a wider recognition in development and all other spheres of life. "Feminist Issues in Development" (Peggy Antrobus) discusses how feminist analyses offer critiques of conventional approaches to development that…

In this address, the president of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation indicates that all countries, industrial and developing, have a stake in an open international trading system. The experience of the World Bank in working closely with its developing member countries has demonstrated that healthy and sustained economic…

Rural communities in the West have lost jobs in traditional (i.e., resource based) industries, a change that has prompted a search for new employment opportunities. High-tech manufacturing has been the focus of considerable attention because of its potential for continued rapid growth. Many high-tech industries are dispersing geographically to…

Part of a national study which examined the resettlement of Laotian Hmong refugees in the United States, this volume presents the results of an eight-month study of projects and enterprises that in some way promote the economic self-sufficiency of the Hmong. The specific purposes of the study were to identify and to obtain information about all…

This is the 1981 report of the Inter-American Foundation, a public corporation created by the United States Conqress in 1969 to support the self-help efforts of poor people in Latin America and the Caribbean. The report provides an overall review of 1981 grants provided by the Foundation in Latin America and the Caribbean in the areas of: (1)…

Demographic and economic conditions in the Caribbean region combine with social and historical factors to create a structural migration situation: direction and magnitude of the flow might shift, pressures pushing Caribbean Islanders toward migration are constant. Five structural "pull" features encourage migration: (2) the…

After targeting the main problems of developing nations, this article focuses on the problem of under and unemployment and spells out specific steps that nations and international organizations must take toward social and economic equity among and within nations if overwhelming problems of poverty, hunger, and population growth are to be met. (DE)

The causes of the world's food shortage are enumerated and explained. Possible solutions to the shortage are described with emphasis placed upon the moral decision of the affluent countries to take more responsibility in decreasing their consumption of food and energy. (DE)

Report of a set of tentative estimates of the economic impact of infant malnutrition in Santiago, Chile. The economic costs and benefits of alleviating malnutrition are discussed in terms of their policy implications. (EH)

Within the realization that the development of Third World countries is essential to the productive forces of the industrialized ones, Yugoslav aid has been channeled particularly toward a cooperative effort to educate and train personnel to facilitate development. (JH)