Title: A Conference on Problems of Long-Range Planning and Forecasting
Abstract:The International Economic Association recently held a conference in the USSR for the first time. The conference was devoted to long-range planning and forecasting. The choice of the site of this scho...The International Economic Association recently held a conference in the USSR for the first time. The conference was devoted to long-range planning and forecasting. The choice of the site of this scholarly forum was not by chance: more than fifty years ago the Soviet Union compiled the world's first longrange national economic plan - the plan for the electrification of the entire nation - and since that time planning theory and practice have been significantly developed and improved. Academician T. Khachaturov, chairman of the Program Committee, emphasized this point in opening the conference. In discussing the theme of the conference he noted one basic feature. In socialist countries, scientific, long-range forecasting is the necessary stage in planning when all manner of variants of social and economic development, which are subsequently fixed in plan directives, are examined and compared.Read More
Publication Year: 1973
Publication Date: 1973-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
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