Pacific Cooperation and Development: : George Kozmetsky: Praeger

Pacific Cooperation and Development

Description

This volume brings together business, government and academic representatives from the United States, Pacific and Asian nations to address issues of regional economic cooperation in the Pacific Basin. The contributors focus particularly on cooperation in five areas: development, commodities, technology, human resources, and issues and directions. Their papers explore both the broad questions of cooperation in regional economic development and more practical concerns such as appropriate technology, political constraints, and foreign aid. Invaluable supplemental reading for courses in economic development and comparative economics, Pacific Cooperation and Development provides important new insights into the dynamics of economic development in an increasingly critical global market.

Foreword
Introduction
Current Experience and Future Potentials of Economic Development in the Pacific Region
A Challenge for the Pacific Basin
Japan as a Civilization
Potential Determinents of the Role of the Pacific Islands Region in the International Economy of the Twenty-First Century
Some Observations on the Present and Future Potentials of Economic Development in the Pacific Region
Impact of Market Conditions and Institutional Arrangements on Commodities and Primary Products
Domestic and International Constraints to Market Development
The Commodity Problem With Special Reference to the South Pacific
South Pacific Trade and Development Assistance
Technology as a Transformational Resource
Appropriate Technology and Economic Growth
Technology and Development in the Asia-Pacific Region
The Role of Technology: A South Pacific Islander's Perspective
A Marine Ranch Concept Using a ("Himawari")
Development of Human Resources
Accessability, Population and Human Resources
Development of Human Resources: A Singaporian View
Issues and Directions
Aid and Development
A Commonwealth of Free and Prospering Nations
The United States and the Asia-Pacific Region
Appendixes
Bibliography
Index