Manpower Planning and Economic Development

Contents: Preface. 1. Labour force: an overview. 2. A world at work. 3. Manpower planning in developing countries. 4. Skills for development. 5. Vocational training-strategies and methods. 6. Growth for Human development. 7. Trends in growth and human development. 8. Policy choices and the prospects for workers. 9. The emerging global labour market. 10. Labour migration-economic structure. 11. Sources and methods. 12. Regional perspectives on the new world. 13. Economic growth and the returns to work. 14. Dimensions of development: a multidisciplinary approach. 15. Strategy and issue in development: third world priorities. 16. Annexures i. and ii. Appendix 1. Bibliography.

"The economic development has been one of the ideals and aspirations of all human societies. It has an inherent functional values in raising the socio-economic standard and the life style of the citizens as it aims to provide basic needs to all, particularly the deprived sections of the society. In an unplanned society, various types of forces operate. It is not necessary that all the forces are progressive while others are retrogressive. Progressive forces aim at the development of human personality through suitable social changes." (jacket)