ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the issues in development policy. It also discusses the upcoming five issues: the view that there is a development process which can be dissected into comparable stages of development, the role of education in development, the role of agriculture in development, the use of shadow prices in development planning and the view that there are single barriers to development. The fact that advanced industrial societies already exist when countries embark on development, makes a number of important differences to the development prospects of under-developed societies. Current doctrine awards the highest priority to agricultural, vocational and technical education. Progress in primary education does not, however, guarantee literate farmers. At one extreme is the Ford Foundation package: agricultural colleges, extension services, veterinary services, plant breeding, better marketing, control of insect pests, advanced horticulture, fish culture, provision of storage capacity, and several other things must all be done together in order to get anywhere.
