ABSTRACT
Third world nations that seek economic growth often experience a shortage of skilled manpower in both the private and public sectors. The history of Third World economic development policies from 1950 to 1970 was mainly a history of effort dedicated to the attainment of quantitative goals of economic growth that are widely regarded as unsatisfactory. A larger consideration, which links our research to a pervasive problem of educational policy of Third World countries, is that the most highly-trained members of ministry staffs become part of a world market for high-level personnel. Many economic models are designed to maximize or minimize some goal subject to a variety of constraints. One good reason is that such a logical organization is exceedingly convenient computationally, and is rich in implications for policy and testing. The chapter discusses the model concentrating primarily on the goal of "Technical Independence" and indicating only briefly the impact of the maximum training goal.
