Frontmatter -- Preface by the Director of UNRISD -- Foreword by the Editor -- Contents -- PART ONE: GROWTH POLES AND GROWTH CENTRES IN THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA / Mabogunje, Akin L. -- PART TWO: GROWTH FOCI AS INSTRUMENTS OF MODERNIZATION IN INDIA / Misra, R. P. / Sundaram, K. V. -- PART THREE: RURAL MARGINALITY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES IN BRAZIL / Babarovic, Ivo -- ANNEXES -- MAPS: BRAZIL -- BIBLIOGRAPHY