The rural economy's contribution to development: summary of findings and policy implications; The rural contribution to development: analytical issues; The rural contribution to development: policy issues.

Field studies of politics, public administration and rural development in the Caribbean - examines obstacles to rural development and the historical development of plantations; looks at the peasantry confronted with technological change, socialism and agricultural policies, trends in forced labour and collective farming, rural area unemployment, land reform, agricultural marketing systems, etc.; includes case studies of Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St Kitts Nevis and Suriname. References, statistical tables.