Modern economic development hinges primarily on industrial and technological development. As the economy moves from lower to higher stages of development, there occurs a shift from simpler to more modern and complicated techniques of production. In fact more modern the technology, the greater the substitution of traditional sources of energy by mineral oils and electricity. In input-output framework, a model has been designed to generate a principal database of energy consumption tables. Sector wise efficiency in energy consumption and structural changes in it have been analysed to evaluate suitability of energy consumption coefficients for forecasting energy demand. The database and findings of the study should be of interest to the academic community as also to those who are associated with planning and monitoring of energy and economic development. This book will be of great use to scholars and students of economics, commerce and management, and to planners and policy makers.

Foreign Aid, Economic Growth and Politics in Nepal is a critical study of foreign aid politics and its impact on socio-economic and political structure of Nepal. It has been deliberately discussed in nine Chapters, viz., Politico-economic Scenario, Foreign aid and Economic growth, Foreign Aid and Socio-political Development, NGOs and the National Development, Indo-aid to Nepal, U.S. Assistance to Nepal, China's Aid in Nepal and so on.

Politico-economic scenario of Nepal after the declaration of Rana's rule has been broadly discussed in the first chapter of this book. The king has dismantled the old autocracy, and opened the door of democracy, which enable, the people of Nepal to participate in politico-economic development.

The book will be highly useful for Economist, Social Scientists and Researchers in International relations.

"In recent years, strange sounding acronyms-GATT, NAFTA, and so on-have filled the newspapers and airwaves. While these terms have never really been explained to the Indian public, we have repeatedly been told, 'Don't worry, it'll be good for you'. In this book the author give voice to those of us who sense that something rings hollow in the cries for 'free' from what? The author wrestles these questions to the ground. and offers us a bold and courageous (and possible) alternative.. (This book is) a blaring wake-up call." With the demise of communism, free trade ideology has become triumphant, and its proponents now seek basic changes in the world's economy. Very expansion has brought out many of the fundamental problems with free trade. In a sweeping and clear argument, the book challenges the orthodox view that free trade benefits everyone and that trade organization such as NAFTA and GATT will create a new global prosperity. The author argues that, on the contrary, free trade serves only a narrow range of established interests, and that to protect international equity and the global environment, trade must be put on a different footing-a "new protectionism"-to regulate external trade while protecting and promoting local interests. This new protectionism, claims the author, presents a viable alternative to the status quo, and would contribute more to prosperity and social justice than would continued trade liberalization, as the NAFTA and GATT treaties propose. New policies are also needed to toughen environmental protection measures and create much needed local jobs, the areas now most endangered by unfettered free trade. The book analyzes the powers behind the free trade argument - the transnational corporation emerging superblocs to present an important and radical outline of what a viable, more just future could be for a world facing huge economic and environmental problems in the twenty-first century.

Open societies with their ethical standards in disarray are an endangered species. The shortage of ethics and honesty is an urgent problem confronting government, business, academia, and every citizen of India-indeed, in all western democracies. In this volume the author discusses the ethical challenges we must meet. Bribery, kickbacks, all kinds of illegal payoffs, and assorted crimes have been making news headlines with increasing regularity. It is beneficial that the press reveals what is destructive of society. It is absurd that politicians and educations, big business and little business, labour and religious leaders, rich people and poor-all of us, with no great number of exceptions-are standing by watching this flood of corruption rise and rise to lap at the foundation of our freedoms. That's why the author has published this book. The author is specialist in his field and writes clearly and simply. It's fascinating to read what the author says on the principles of reciprocity and gift giving, about mal-adaptation and adaptation in social systems. Note what the author reports concerning the relationship of honesty to the viability of private enterprise economies, as to ethics and law among unequals. Big business executives should read this book right along with their financial statements because ethics and honesty, government regulation, and profits have now become quite vexingly tied together. They will want to read what the author says about ethicalising capitalism. Chamber of Commerce, trade and professional associations, libraries, schools, especially the graduate professional schools, should have this volume as a reference. Service clubs that have long advocated better ethics should welcome this source of support. And the author hopes that community leaders will read this book and join with him to help strengthen the ethical underpinning so essential to the economic and political freedoms of our society.