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discussed above are: one by Ramprasad Sengupta on the measurement of Steel Capacity, an empirical exercise illustrating the methodological problems that arise in working out a meaningful concept of capacity, and the other by A K Bagchi and Subhendu Dasgupta on the import of technology and the legal process, a painstaking, detailed work that initiates research into a neglected aspect of technology imports.
The volume thus has succeeded in raising some important questions. The papers themselves are somewhat heterogeneous, in depth of treatment, range and quality. At the macro-level analysis, the volume has not thrown up many new ideas. But the papers bear witness both to the complexity of such hypothesis-construction, as well as to the on-going, persistent efforts at formulations.
KRISHNA BHARADWAJ*
^Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.