Studies of economic development have shown many factors, all of which their effect on the quality and intensity of human effort, play an important part in determining the extent and pace at which natural resources get translated into the annual flows of goods and services that constitute the national income. Thus, institutions, legislation, traditions, education organization, motivation, communication, all these have become the subject of attention and analysis to the economists who are interested in unraveling the mysteries of economic growth and formulation programmes for accelerating the economic development of less developed countries. The human factor in economic growth has, thus, become a major subject of study in economics of development. This book discusses necessary methodological refinements, that is, specific improvements of analytical models and statistical methods for human resource development.

Uptil recently, in India as in many other developing countries, the role of women in the economic activity of the nation was practically ignored. The increasing participation of women in the work-force, the multiple role of women as mothers, homemakers and paid workers and misunderstandings of the nature of unemployment among women, therefore, suggest the usefulness of describing trends and relationships, in labour force participation as a background for assessing the volume of employment, occupational structure and the impact of economic growth. In this light, the present study analyses in depth the changing role of women in occupational structure with the economic development of the society.

This book will prove an informative and most useful asset for the students, scholars and teachers in the field of economics, sociology and women studies. Policy planers and administrators will also find this book as an ideal reference tool.

The Non-viable colleges constitute a sizeable portion of the affiliated colleges. But how efficiently these colleges are functioning and what is the unit cost of providing graduate education in these colleges have not been analyzed. The study "Economics of College -Education" by Narayan Prasad Sharma examines the functioning of Non-viable colleges, utilisation of resources by them and various causes of their non-viability. It also investigates it's impacts-economic and academic.

The problems of modern entrepreneurs in the process of industrialization have assumed gigantic proportions. Right from the start of industries and firms to the final stage of manufactured goods reaching the consumers, the initiators and organizers of industries are confronted and beset with Herculean problems. Especially the problems of industrial relations and scientific marketing are posing challenging issues demanding concerted attention by the manufacturers and consumers. Besides the above two issues, the other major problems like the optimum size of the industry; reduction of cost of production; the need for long term industrial capital; the urge for continuous supply of energy; integration of auxiliary units with large scale units; the problem of regional imbalancement; reconciliation between profit maximization and social responsibility; compromise between autonomy and accountability etc. are dealt with in detail in this book. The policy of economic liberalization has come to stay, and as such, there is greater need to study this subject in-depth from various points of view. The scope of industrial Economics has to be further strengthened with Research and Development (R&D) in all the sectors and to be reinforced with technology transfer from advanced countries. The author hopes that this book would be of immense use and guide not only to students but also to entrepreneurs at large.