Some unsystematic, naturalistic, or observational evidence of the operation of ghetto-controlled economic institutions and how they affect racial integration is discussed. (NQ)

Investigating success factors, this article demonstrates how success, beliefs about success, and the empirical correlates of success relate to efforts to increase the economic well-being of this population. It is suggested that this study has important implications for attempts to enhance the economic well-being of other developing nations (JC)

Since no mechanism presently exists for the effective distribution of tribal income to tribal members, the wealth created by development of natural resources on the American Indian reservations of the Colorado River Basin will not substantially alter the quality of Indian life. (JC)

The effects and limitations of the choices made by development planners in their efforts to promote either agrarian development or industrial development in Indonesia and Singapore are discussed. (Author/FF)

Analyzing the lack of economic development on the Navajo Reservation, this article suggests that the fact that jobs in the service sector are the most common and secure has important consequence for career aspirations of young Indians, how Indians and non-Indians think of Indians, and problems of economic development. (JC)

The paper documents and analyzes the nature of community self-help efforts in rural areas of Anambra State, Nigeria. It notes that community perceptions of development are based on a social and economic yardstick and differ from the prevailing public policy on agricultural development. (Author/SB)

The article analyzes the ultimately unsuccessful political strategies of the tribal president of the Quechan Indians in his 1974-76 attempts to remain in office and obtain resources for his tribe, while operating within the constraints of the often contradictory expectations of tribal members and federal officials. (SB)

Studies the role of mass media in the national development process. Proposes the use of metric multidimensional scaling, including economic, political, educational and media factors, between mass media and other cultural components, such as the nation-state, institutions of society (economic, educational, religious), individual self-conception,…

Data on a commercial and an agricultural Guatemalan population indicates most peasants derive income from both agricultural and nonagricultural sources. While disguised employment does not utilize labor at its most efficient level, development projects should complement traditional economic activities and recognize that diversion of peasant labor…