CONTRIBUTORS Dr SARTAJ A^l^ is executive secretary of the World Food Council, Rome. FRANK KEHL is editor. New China, New Fork. PET. ER NOLAN is in the School of Economics, University of New South Wales, Australia. JOAN ROBINSON is emeritus professor of economics. University of Cambridge. DAVID SELBOURNE teaches social and political theory at Ruskin College, Oxford. Dr RUTH SIDEL is in the Department of Social Medicine, Monte/lore Hospital and Medical Center, New Fork. Dr VICTOR W SIDEL is also in the Department of Social Medicine, Monte-fiore Hospital and Medical Center, New Fork. BEN STAVIS is at the Center for International Studies, Cornell University, New Fork. JONATHAN UNGER is in the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, England. Paper used for printing this special number has been made available by the Government of India at a concessional rate.