Methods of Long-term Planning and Forecasting : Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association at Moscow

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Methodological Problems of Socio-economic and Scientific-technological Forecasting in the U.S.S.R.....Pages 1-21 Thoughts on Planning in Western Economics....Pages 22-47 Front Matter....Pages 49-49 Growth Models and their Application to Long-term Planning and Forecasting....Pages 51-71 An Optimal Approach in Long-range Planning....Pages 72-95 Front Matter....Pages 97-97 The Basic Tasks and Functions of Long-term Planning in Poland....Pages 99-119 Long-term Overall Planning in Hungary....Pages 120-141 Problems of Long-range Planning in Yugoslavia....Pages 142-170 Some Problems of Long-term Forecasting of Living Standards in Yugoslavia....Pages 171-190 Planning Development of Population and Manpower Resources in Bulgaria....Pages 191-209 Long-term Planning and Forecasting for Education in the German Democratic Republic....Pages 210-238 Front Matter....Pages 239-239 Sources of Growth Accounting as the Basis for Long-term Projection in the United States....Pages 241-264 Prospects of Economic Growth in the Federal Republic of Germany....Pages 265-281 A Macro-programming Model for the Finnish Economy....Pages 282-302 Internal and External Aspects of Development Plans and Performance in Aid-receiving Countries....Pages 303-333 Technological Forecasting....Pages 334-349 Problems Created by the Increasing Pace of Technical Progress....Pages 350-367 Long-term Projections of Consumer Demand in the United Kingdom: the Cambridge Growth Model....Pages 368-381 Long-term Projections of Household Consumption in France....Pages 382-395 Long-term Global Optimisation in Educational Planning....Pages 396-412 Front Matter....Pages 413-413 Business Planning and Forecasting in the United States from a Business Economist’s Viewpoint....Pages 415-432 Front Matter....Pages 413-413 The Long-range Corporate Plan of a Private Business Enterprise in Japan....Pages 433-456 Back Matter....Pages 457-461