LDC income distribution and public policy; annual report, 1976/1977

DURATION: JUNE 30, 1976-DECEMBER 21, 1978. DEVELOPMENTS: DURING THIS REPORT PERIOD, RESEARCH PLANS WERE FORMULATED AND INITIATED. AREAS TO BE STUDIED INCLUDE THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION, AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES, MIGRATION, INDUSTRIAL FACTORS, URBANIZATION, TAXATION AND RELIGION. THE PROBLEMS OF COMMON DEFINITIONS AND DATA BASE INCONSISTENCIES WERE DEALT WITH SO THAT ALL PAPERS WILL USE STANDARD DEFINITIONS OF COMMON TERMS AND STANDARD REGIONAL GROUPINGS FOR DATA PRESENTATION. FINAL DRAFTS OF PAPERS ON TURKEY ARE EXPECTED IN JANUARY 1978. IN THE FALL OF 1978 A PROJECT-WIDE CONFERENCE WILL DRAW ON THESE MATERIALS FOR A MEETING ON CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES IN INCOME DISTRIBUTION. FINAL DRAFTS OF REPORTS FROM NIGERIA ARE DUE BY THE SUMMER OF 1978. APPROVAL IS AWAITED ON A FURTHER SUBCONTRACT TO EXTEND THE STUDY OF INCOME DISTRIBUTION TO EGYPT. IN 1978, PRINCETON PARTICIPANTS, WITH THE HELP OF SELECTED LDC COLLEAGUES FROM THE COUNTRY STUDIES, WILL BEGIN WORK ON A VOLUME OR SET OF PAPERS SEEKING TO DRAW LESSONS AND/OR HYPOTHESES FROM ACROSS THE SET OF COUNTRY STUDIES THAT WILL THEN BE ENERGING. RECRUITMENT OF PARTICIPANTS FOR INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY STUDIES WAS HANDLED LARGELY BY THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS IN THE HOST COUNTRY. ALMOST ALL PERSONNEL ON THE TURKEY PROJECT ARE TURKISH NATIONALS, AND TWO ARE WOMEN. ON THE NIGERIAN PROJECT, ALMOST ALL ARE NIGERIANS.