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Planning in the Soviet Union
About this book
Planning in the Soviet Union compiles the result of M. Bernard's two-month visit to the USSR in 1961, for the purpose of investigating regional planning on behalf of the French Government Planning Office. This compilation deals with the Soviet planning apparatus, including its organization and administration together with the reforms that have been at work since 1957, furnishing a broad outline of the many economic and social problems forming the essence of Soviet thinking and planning. This book provides a very clear picture of the complexity of problems involved, particularly with the USSR government battling with the concepts of centralization, decentralization, and in industry between a vertical and horizontal structure. The topics that include economic growth, investment, location of industry, transport, manpower, use of available local resources, and migration are discussed only in broad outline of the magnitude of problems in the Soviet economic system. The efficiency of investments, choice of criteria, problem of priorities, productivity in highly integrated units, rationalization, specialization, and cooperation are also deliberated in this selection. This publication is intended for the average informed reader, particularly those who are interested in administering the planning apparatus in the near future.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Planning in the Soviet Union
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION
- PREFACE TO THE FRENCH EDITION
- LIST OF STANDARD ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I. BACKGROUND
- CHAPTER II. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOVIET SYSTEM
- CHAPTER III. IDEOLOGY AND PLANNING
- CHAPTER IV. THE PROCESS OF PLANNING
- CHAPTER V. CO-ORDINATION OF PLANS AND DETERMINATION OF OBJECTIVES
- CHAPTER VI. ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION AND ECONOMIC HIERARCHY
- CHAPTER VII. PROBLEMS OF ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATION
- CHAPTER VIII. REGIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY
- CHAPTER IX. ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM AND THE SEARCH FOR OPTIMIZATION
- CONCLUSION
- POSTSCRIPT
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX