Six Problems of Development Planning

61 POREWOED ILPES in its permanent interest for strengthening the links with the Caribbean region is pleased to offer a new issue of the Planning Bulletin. In this opportunity the reader will find a wide controversial set of articles on Social and Economic Planning. The effort which ILPES realizes in the publication of this Bulletin corresponds to the interest shown by the Caribbean Governments on planning as an expedite instrument for achieving higher and better levels of welfare and growth for these coxintries. In this sense, the exchange of ideas and experiences represents a valuable contribution that ILPES hopes to maintain and to strengthen in the future. This Bulletin pretends to be a useful mechanism of the Caribbean National Planning bodies. This is, to serve as a forum for a continuous analysis of progress in planning and the obstacles to it. In order to fulfill this purpose we will appreciate contributions and suggestions