Papers from the First Congress of the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern Africa held in Alemaya, Ethiopia, in June 1983.

Includes bibliographies.

Introduction / Fassil G. Kiros -- The socioeconomic consequences of famine / Mesfin Wolde-Mariam -- Approaches to the problem of rural poverty in Africa / Jossy R. Bibangambah -- Women commodity producers and proletariets : the case of African women / Asseny Muro -- Pitfalls in rural development : the case in Tanzania / Wilfred Mlay -- The impact of population growth on food production in Tanzania : problems and prospects / Mark R. Mujwahuzi -- The pathology of institution building--the Tanzanian case / Dan M. Mudoola -- Organization for development : Tanzania's search for appropriate local level organizational forms / G.R. Mutahaba -- Centre-periphery linkages in the development process : an assessment of the Kenyan experience / W.O. Oyugi -- Administration of cooperatives for rural development in Kenya / P.O. Alila -- The integrated development approach within the context of decentralization in Zambia / M.C. Bwalya -- The Ethiopian experience in agrarian reform / Dessalegn Rahmato -- Opening address / Taye Gulillat.