| Article ID: | iaor1989819 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 40 |
| Issue: | 9 |
| Start Page Number: | 737 |
| End Page Number: | 751 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1989 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
| Authors: | Bandyopadhyay R., Datta S. |
| Keywords: | developing countries |
India has a number of backward regions, and economic development of these regions requires special strategies. Development problems are multi-disicplinary and complex, and are ideally suited to a systems approach. The present paper outlines a methodology of such an approach, and discusses its application in relation to two backward districts in India.