SENYO B-S. K. ADJIBOLOSOO is Professor of Business and Economics at Trinity Western University in Canada, Director of the International Institute for Human Factor Development, and editor of the journal Review of Human Factor Studies. He has written several books on the human factor in economic development, including The Human Factor in Developing Africa (Praeger, 1995), Global Development the Human Factor Way (Praeger, 1998), and he edited International Perspectives on the Human Factor in Economic Development (Praeger, 1998).

• Preface Introduction Agents of and Obstacles to Development The Political Economy of Growth and Development: Orthodox Thinking, Presuppositions, and Policy Misconceptions about Development: The Economic Underdevelopment Nightmare of the Developing Countries Obstacles to Economic Growth and Development: Orthodox Views and New Recipies for Progress Human Factor Reflections The Human Factor Philosophy of Economic Growth and Development Human Factor Reflections on and Its Critique of the Presuppositions of Orthodox Development Thinking and Policy The Genesis of Entrepreneurial and Commercial Decline in the Developing World: A Case Study of African Countries Human Factor Underdevelopment and Its Implications for Policy Failure, Dependency, and Employee Work Behavior Human Factor Engineering: The Primary Foundation of All Industrial Technology Transfer Programs The Certification Epidemic in the Developing Countries: Transcending Credentialization and Doing It by Yourself Changing Course for Action and Development Identifying and Diffusing the Hidden Mines Along the Rails of the Development Train

SENYO B-S. K. ADJIBOLOSOO is Professor of Business and Economics at Trinity Western University in Canada, Director of the International Institute for Human Factor Development, and editor of the journal Review of Human Factor Studies. He has written several books on the human factor in economic development, including The Human Factor in Developing Africa (Praeger, 1995), Global Development the Human Factor Way (Praeger, 1998), and he edited International Perspectives on the Human Factor in Economic Development (Praeger, 1998).

• Preface Introduction Agents of and Obstacles to Development The Political Economy of Growth and Development: Orthodox Thinking, Presuppositions, and Policy Misconceptions about Development: The Economic Underdevelopment Nightmare of the Developing Countries Obstacles to Economic Growth and Development: Orthodox Views and New Recipies for Progress Human Factor Reflections The Human Factor Philosophy of Economic Growth and Development Human Factor Reflections on and Its Critique of the Presuppositions of Orthodox Development Thinking and Policy The Genesis of Entrepreneurial and Commercial Decline in the Developing World: A Case Study of African Countries Human Factor Underdevelopment and Its Implications for Policy Failure, Dependency, and Employee Work Behavior Human Factor Engineering: The Primary Foundation of All Industrial Technology Transfer Programs The Certification Epidemic in the Developing Countries: Transcending Credentialization and Doing It by Yourself Changing Course for Action and Development Identifying and Diffusing the Hidden Mines Along the Rails of the Development Train