Word: das
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gustave Papanek refused to comment on the role of the DAS in the development of Pakistan, but John W. Thomas, current associate director of the DAS, agreed with many of the points voiced by MacEwan and other DAS critics...
Thomas, who worked in East Pakistan for the DAS, called its role "peripheral," adding that "the DAS did not have final responsibility for the development policy, but we did agree with that policy." Thomas conceded however that events in Pakistan have proved that the elitist theory of development "is pretty unsatisfactory...
...agreed that the DAS has been slow in realizing its errors. "The DAS did not recognize what was happening to Pakistan in the late sixties, or did not get sufficiently upset about it," he said...
Thomas acknowledged that DAS policy faces major reappraisals and alterations: "The tragic situation in Pakistan has changed development thinking substantially...
...vowed that in the future the DAS will pay more attention to income distribution figures rather than relying solely on the GNP as an index of development progress. He added that "we are starting to recognize the political implications of economic growth...