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

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Fassil G. Kiros -- The socioeconomic consequences of famine / Mesfin Wolde-Mariam -- Approaches to the problem of rural pove rty in Africa / Jossy R. Bibangambah -- Women commodity producers and p roletariets : the case of African women / Asseny Muro -- Pitfalls in ru ral development : the case in Tanzania / Wilfred Mlay -- The impact of population growth on food production in Tanzania : problems and prospec ts / Mark R. Mujwahuzi -- The pathology of institution building--the Ta nzanian case / Dan M. Mudoola -- Organization for development : Tanzani a's search for appropriate local level organizational forms / G.R. Muta haba -- Centre-periphery linkages in the development process : an asses sment of the Kenyan experience / W.O. Oyugi -- Administration of cooper atives for rural development in Kenya / P.O. Alila -- The integrated de velopment approach within the context of decentralization in Zambia / M .C. Bwalya -- The Ethiopian experience in agrarian reform / Dessalegn R ahmato -- Opening address / Taye Gulillat.