ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book deals with the goals of development policies as directed at villages, stresses the psychosocial needs which best serve human growth and development, and contrasts the quality of social relations in two Mexican villages, one of which is deficient in providing positive psychosocial support, and the other of which is far more supportive. It suggests that a development program, as a matter of policy, should require constant testing in terms of individual lives and the quality of interpersonal relations. The book shows that the village is emerging as a principal channel for delivery of development programs. Development and administrative policies tend to treat the nomadic and sedentary populations as though they are separate entities, sometimes to the detriment of either or both.
