Global Development The Human Factor Way [Hardcover]

Scarcity is the basic economic problem confronting all humanity, and humanity has struggled for centuries to overcome it. Yet, despite new ideas and new technology, little has been achieved in dealing with scarcity. Moreover, despite successes in conquering space and in developing technological innovations, humanity has failed to deal successfully with social, economic, environmental, political, and educational problems. This book analyzes these successes and failures and argues that the root of developmental problems lies in continuing human factor decay and underdevelopment. For successful economic development, every country must focus on human factor development.

Traditional books on economic development focus on items like investment, human capital acquisition, population control, foreign aid and technical assistance, international trade, and technology transfer. This book argues that the integrating core of every development program is human factor development. In the presence of human factor decay, no nation can develop, even when the necessary resources are made available.

SENYO B. S. K. ADJIBOLOSOO is Professor of Business and Economics at Trinity Western University. He is the Director of the International Institute for Human Factor Development, an institute devoted to researching the human factor and its role in development. His most recent book isHuman Factor Engineering and the Political Economy of African Development(Praeger, 1996).

Preface
General Introduction
Scarcity: The Central Focus of All Human Action and Endeavor
Human Responses and Predicaments
Dealing with Scarcity: The Evolution of Ideologies of Social Order and Political Economy of Development
Conquering Scarcity the Capitalist Way: Models and Theories of Economic Growth and Development
Confronting Scarcity the Socialist Way: The Birth of Command Economic Systems and the Future of Capitalism
The Capitalist Response: New Strategies and Pl3(