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enterprises. The immensity of the problems faced and the commitment of the Indian government at the time to the Soviet pattern of monolithic basic industries and 5-year Plans presented severe obstacles to the full commitment of India to a nation-wide Productivity program. 287. The smaller programs initiated in Lebanon in 1958, Iran in 1956, and Nepal and Pakistan in 1957 also followed in one way or another the organization of the European Productivity programs. These new small programs in the region had Advisory Councils, Center staffs, arranged Productivity Team visits, had some regional Center activity, used Consultants from the U.S. and initiated training programs. In most cases the industrial and commercial base in these nations was too little advanced to cope with the sophisticated requirements of advanced management and engineering practice. There was also excessive political turmoil for receptive programs of training and management development. Competing industrial priorities drew away strength from the Productivity programs. But despite these handicaps enough Productivity gains were made to move some of these nations toward somewhat higher levels of industrial and managerial technology. D. Productivity-Oriented Industrial Development Centers 288. Beginning in 1953 intense scrutiny was given to other economic factors than productivity requiring institutional 155

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