Alternatives in Industrial Development

Reviews / Votes

`a lucid and forceful comparative study... good material for economists... a book that, apart from individuals, all good libraries should possess.' - Financial Express



`This excellent research study... this book contains rich and useful information and serves as valuable reading for those interested in development, industrial and labour economics, and professionals and government officials involved in the sugar and small-scale industries.' - AIRD News





`This book examines,... the viability of traditional and semi-modern techniques of sugar processing, in particular the Open Pan Sulphitation (OPS) process, as an alternative to the large-scale modern or thr Vacuum Pan Sulphitation (VPS) process. This examination is done with such comprehensiveness, details and meticulousness that if one were to look for an ideal researcher, one would find him in the author of this book.' - Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics `The book is an excellent attampt at comparing the large-scale and intermediate scale technologies and particularly presents various policy implications





`This study discusses the dilemma in the context of sugarcane processing in India, an industry characterized by a variety of technologies and hence one that provides an excellent case study for tracing the process of technological development....The main questions are approached from different points of view, historical, techno-economic, socio-economic, and to a lesser degree, socio-political.' - World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts