Pte. 1. The human factor: 1. The human factor in development / Louis Emmerij -- 2. The human dimension in development: objective and resource / Frances Stewart -- 3. Human resource building in the development process: beyond the paradigm / Jean Guy y St Martin -- 4. The human element as means and end of development / Oscar Nudler -- Pte. 2. Comparative development experience: 5. The human element in conparative development experience / Goh Keng Swee -- 6. The human dimension in comparative development experience / Gustav Ranis -- 7. Third World poverty: a reevaluation / Shaid J Burki and David Bechmann -- 8. Capital investment and the human element / Henry Ergas -- Pte. 3. Individual country experience: 9. Education and human development: the turkish case / Ihsan Dogramaci -- 10. Reinterpreting the historical development of basic education in Korea / Choo Hakchung -- 11. The human element in india ´s economic development / Sudipto Mundle -- 12. Human resource development: the Jamaican experience / Headley Brown -- 13. Human Resource development: the benin experience / Zul Kifl Salami -- 14. The human role in the development process: experiences of Japan and Singapore / Ryokichi Hirono -- 15. Human development in jordan / Crown Prince hassan Bin Talal -- Pte. 4. Contributions of diferent sectors: 16. Women, institutions development / Mercedes Pulido de Briceno -- 17. Employment and human development / Francis Blanchard -- 18. Employment as an aspect of human development / A. M. A. Muhith -- 19. Health and human development / Hakan Hellberg -- 20. The role of primary education / Just Hellberg -- Pte. 5. Impact of science and technology: 21. Of science and human development / Abdus Salam -- 22. Technological change and human problems in the developing world / Mihaly Simai -- 23. Introducing advenced technologies: the human implications / Omer Akin, Raghu Nath, Raj Reddy -- 24. Technology and the human factor: the uses of microcomputers / Dan Resnick -- 25. Applications of artificial intelligence in agriculture / Dominique Peccoud -- 26. The informatics revolution and the third world: leapfrogging / Henri Hogbe Nlend -- 27. Technological change: a challenge for south-south cooperation / Aurelie V. Wartensleben -- Pte. 6. Contribution of the private sector, ngo´ and institutions: 28. People: the key resource in in industrial development / Ernst G. Knappe -- 29. The human element in the private sector: a turkish experience / Rahmi M. Koc -- 30. The human element: a gap between north and south / Nemir A. Kirdar -- 31. NGOs and human development: the ASEAN experience / Lim Teck Ghee -- 32. Adjustment with a human face / Richard Jolly -- 33. The human dimension in development: an IDB perspective / Georges D. Landau -- 34. International institutions and human develoment: a critique / Uner Kirdar -- Appendices.