Promoting sustainable development in less-favored areas

CONTENTS: Brief 1. Overview / John Pender and Peter Hazell -- Brief 2. Technologies for the East African Highlands / Frank Place -- Brief 3. Technologies for the tropical Andes / Tom Walker et al. -- Brief 4. Technologies for the Southeast Asian Uplands / Sushil Pandey -- Brief 5. Returns to public investment: Evidence from India and China / Shenggen Fan and Peter Hazell-- Brief 6. Development strategies for semiarid South Asia / John Kerr -- Brief 7. Development strategies for the East African Highlands/ John Pender -- Brief 8. Development strategies for West Africa/ Sim eon Ehui, Samuel Benin, and Dunstan Spencer -- Brief 9. The role of agricultural science / Shawki Barghouti and Peter Hazell