Volume 1 Number 2 May 1968
Since the first issue of this Bulletin was published, we have been able to consider reactions to it and to assess the role it should take in communication between the institute and the world in which it works. As a result we have made changes. Various technical changes have been made in the production of the periodical and the layout and presentation have been altered. We shall try to ensure a variety both of topics and and contributors. In this issue we are concentrating upon a genera) theme, that of the utility (or disutility) of development aid.
We have assembled a symposium on this topic, taking as a starting point a review of a book, Gunar Myrdal's Asian Drama, that was discussed by Lord Balogh in the first issue. We are thus continuing and enlarging a debate. So as not to neglect the Institute's own work, we publish in our first section an account of the research project on public administration t raining.
So as not to forget those who have made such work possible, we publish a tribute by Professor David E. Apter to one of our oldest and closest friends, the late Sir Andrew Cohen, to whose efforts the Institute of Development Studies owes an enormous debt and by whose death it was deeply saddened.
Volume 1 Number 1 January 1968
Edited by: Dudley Seers
The Institute of Development Studies was set up in 1966 as the result of an initiative by the Minister of Overseas Development. From an initial establishment of two staff members and three offices it has grown to a present establishment of forty-nine packed into temporary premises at Stanmer House.
Its academic staff includes sociologists, economists,, agricultural economists and, political scientists as well as students of public administration and international relations. The range of our present activities can be judged from what follows: the point of these activities is to enhance the study of international deprivation, to provide some light for those concerned with the reduction of poverty and disease. So far our means have been individual research, research projects, courses conferences and study seminars.
With the publication of this Bulletin, we hope to establish contact with others involved in the same problems. By "conflict" we mean both the communication of our own work and ideas and an invitation to dialogue with all engaged in the study and promotion of development.
The layout and content of the Bulletin reflects this concern. Each quarter's issue will contain four sections. The. first section will consist of an account of a major IDS in the second issue the work of the research group on training in public administration will be described, while the subsequent issue will include a report of Professor Joy's study of farming development in India.
The second section will comprise a discussion of a major problem in development: in this issue, for example, David Wall discusses proposals for a general preference system as they stand after the second UNCTAD conferences in later issues we hope to deal with such topics as population planning and the integration of educational and manpower planning.
