CONTRIBUTORS Dr SUHASCHATTOPADHYAY is with the Economic Research Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, Dr BIPLAB DASGUPTA is in the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, England. MRIDUL EAPEN is research associate at the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum. Dr ASHOK MITRA is an economist from Calcutta, K NAGARAJ is research scholar, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta. Dr PRABHAT PATNAIK is associate professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jaw aharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. P MOHANAN PILLAI is research associate at Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad. Dr S K RAO is associate professor. Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jaw aharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Dr K K SUBRAHMANIAN is acting director, Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad, Dr M J K THAVARAJ is senior professor of financial administration, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. ERRATA In Biplab Dasgupta's article ^World Oil, Development, and India" on pages 49-72, EAST ASIA should read WEST ASIA.