RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR THE SECOND DEVELOPMENT DECADE.

The article reports on research priorities for the second development decade. The challenge of setting forth research priorities for the current decade is probably one of the more delicate and certainly one of the more decisive tasks facing those studying development. Social science has been unable to generate an adequate literature at the level of comparative international development. The tendency has been to reinforce the role of the nation by placing a heavy emphasis on problems which arise within nations rather than between nations. Thus it is that dissertation literature is overwhelmingly weighted on the side of problems which take place within communities or within cities and even within factories.