This book comes at a critical time in the economic history of Asia. Most countries of the region, faced with burgeoning populations and a demand for higher living standards, are uncertain of their capacity to meet growing food needs and to use agriculture to initiate sustained economic development. The authors examine the problem through analyses of the agricultural development performances of nine countries within the region. What emerges is a mixture of agricultural success stories, indifferent performances, and downright failures to develop the agricultural sector.

'Australia is located at a superficially convenient point in geographical terms and in industrial strength to stress our interest in Asia, and in particular our interest in the two nations at the north-west and northeast extremities of the arc facing inwards to the Asian heartland: India and Japan.

Proceedings of the joint ANU/ACS one-day seminar held at the Computer Centre of The Australian National University, 17th November, 1976.

The papers in this book examine selected public policy issues in Canada and Australia within the framework of their federal systems of government. The book consists of eight parts, dealing respectively with historical aspects of federalism, constitutional reform, inflation and unemployment, economic development and structural change, fiscal federalism, higher education and health policies, cultural policy, and problems of federal government in the two countries.

This book considers a number of recent developments and issues affecting Australian public sector borrowing, including: criteria for borrowing; the present and future role of the Australian Loan Council; the relationship between public sector borrowing requirements and public debt management, the role of the Reserve Bank with respect to the relationship between government borrowing operations, monetary policy and the marketing of Commonwealth securities; and the role of the market in meeting the borrowing requirements of different levels of government and different kinds of public authorities.

Papers presented at a conference held under the auspices of the U.S./Australia Science Agreement

Will the future bring international anarchy or a more stable world order? Now that the Cold War has been replaced by something like a limited co-operation between the Western and the Eastern blocs, it is possible to take a more balanced view of great power relations. This book examines the prospects for the future of the balance of the two super powers - the United States and the Soviet Union - and the role that may be played by that great enigma, China, in the light of the recent history of relations between the powers.

Vegetation classification systems developed thus far in the Australian region are neither universally accepted nor applicable to all types of vegetation or all types of land use problems. Those suitable for classifying rainforest are not necessarily applicable to other vegetation types. In this book scientists from a variety of related disciplines discuss various developmental aspects of vegetation classification that are relevant to Australia, though the ideas and techniques are of importance internationally.