Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: The Status of planning: An overview -- Models and policy: The Dialogue between model builder and planner -- Theoretical foundations and technical implications -- Quantitative foundations and implications of planning processes -- Intersectoral consistency and macroeconomic planning -- The Foreign trade sector in planning models -- Employment and human capital formation -- Planning models, shadow prices, and project evaluation -- Planning for mulltiple goals -- Interindustry planning models for a multi-regional economy -- Planning with economies of scale -- Substitution and nonlinearities in planning models.