Ram Kumar Mishra is Director, Institute of Public Enterprise, Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad.Jayasree Raveendran is Assistant Professor and Coordinator – Research, Institute of Public Enterprise, Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad.Khondker Nuruddin Jehangir is Senior Faculty, Institute of Public Enterprise, Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad.

• Dedication. Preface. Introduction R. K. Mishra and Jayasree Raveendran Part 1 1. Indian and International Social Science Research: Trends, Issues and Initiatives in Performance Orientation R. K. Mishra, Jayasree Raveendran 2. Social Science in Switzerland, State of the Art and Perspectives Alexandra Stam 3. The Social Science Research in Thailand: Development, Constraints and Challenges Kowit Kangsanan 4. Social Science Research in Vietnam: Strategies, Issues and Prospects Vo Xuan Vinh 5. Statistics and Public Administration P. K. Chaubey 6. Social Science Research in India: Some Methodological Issues Manoj Kumar Sanyal 7. Population and Development Challenges in Bangladesh Barkat-e-Khuda, Samiha Barkat and Dipankar Roy 8. Connect Social Science Research to Public Policy: A Case of Thailand’s Local Initiatives 2003 Charas Suwanmala. About the Editors. Notes on Contributors. Bibliography

Ram Kumar Mishra is Director, Institute of Public Enterprise, Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad.Jayasree Raveendran is Assistant Professor and Coordinator – Research, Institute of Public Enterprise, Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad.Khondker Nuruddin Jehangir is Senior Faculty, Institute of Public Enterprise, Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad.

• Dedication. Preface. Introduction R. K. Mishra and Jayasree Raveendran Part 1 1. Indian and International Social Science Research: Trends, Issues and Initiatives in Performance Orientation R. K. Mishra, Jayasree Raveendran 2. Social Science in Switzerland, State of the Art and Perspectives Alexandra Stam 3. The Social Science Research in Thailand: Development, Constraints and Challenges Kowit Kangsanan 4. Social Science Research in Vietnam: Strategies, Issues and Prospects Vo Xuan Vinh 5. Statistics and Public Administration P. K. Chaubey 6. Social Science Research in India: Some Methodological Issues Manoj Kumar Sanyal 7. Population and Development Challenges in Bangladesh Barkat-e-Khuda, Samiha Barkat and Dipankar Roy 8. Connect Social Science Research to Public Policy: A Case of Thailand’s Local Initiatives 2003 Charas Suwanmala. About the Editors. Notes on Contributors. Bibliography