The Third World: Problems and Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Alan B. Mountjoy (eds.)

Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
Year: 1978
Tongue: English
Leaves: 176
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages 1-12
The Third World in Perspective....Pages 13-22
Environmental Hazards in the Third World....Pages 23-31
Fertile People in Infertile Lands: the Demographic Situation....Pages 32-44
Economic Planning: Paths to Development....Pages 45-54
The Rural Revolution....Pages 55-63
Reform of Agrarian Structures in the Third World....Pages 64-75
Technology and the Third World....Pages 76-83
The Infrastructure Gap....Pages 84-92
Industrialisation in the Third World....Pages 93-101
Urbanisation in the Third World....Pages 102-111
Rural Development and Rural Change....Pages 112-120
Aid for Needy Nations....Pages 121-133
Trade Growth for Development....Pages 134-144
Summary and Conclusions....Pages 145-152
Back Matter....Pages 153-165

✦ Subjects

World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions)

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