ABSTRACT
The gulf which separates the standards of living, housing, health and education of peoples in developed and backward economies may, in terms of a broad generalisation, be described as the contrast between the way of life of the industrialised nations of the West and of the as yet predominantly agrarian peoples of the East. 1 The discrepancy assumes many forms and aspects. Per capita computations reveal large differences in the consumption of food and industrial goods, in the outlay for health and education, in the scope and density of communication services on the one hand, and in power supply, productivity levels and many other fields of economic and social development, on the other.
