01702nam a2200193 i 4500008004100000020002100041040000800062082001500070100002400085245010400109260004500213300004100258336002600299337002800325338002700353500002000380520109400400650001401494240115s1990       ad         001 0 eng d  a9748201198qhbk.  aGCL  a338.9bSAE10aSaeed, Khalid cDr.10aTowards Sustainable Development :bEssays On System Analysis of National Policy /cDr. Khalid Saeed  aLahore :bProgressive Publishers,c1990.  a372 pages :billustrations ;c25 cm.  atextbrdacontent2txt  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes Index.  aFirst published in 1998, this second edition includes the 10 published essays and 3 working papers collected in the first edition, as well as additional writings on sustainable development penned by Saeed and his students over the subsequent six years. Two of the original working papers were revised and published between editions and their published versions now appear. Lastly, the conclusion has been reformulated and the introduction contains insights from extended research. Part I comprises the first 7 chapters and deals with modelling generic issues concerning sustainable development. Part II comprises chapters 8 to 10 and extends the concepts from part I to the controversies on poverty and hunger, technological development, and entrepreneurship. Part III relates six case studies covering a variety of local issues in selected developing countries, including agricultural development policy in Pakistan, the impact of the rural credit system on Thailand’s agricultural economy, the problem of food self-sufficiency in Vietnam and water resources management in Saudi Arabia.  aEconomics