Introduction, Chapter 1 The Role and Specific Features of the Organization of Small-Scale Production in the Developing Countries 9 Chapter II Comparison of the Structure of Capital and Labor Productivity in Small-Scale Industry and in Factory Industry 21 Chapter III Comparison of Other Basic Indicators of the Productive Activity of Small-Scale and Factory Industry 38 Chapter IV The Problem of “Capital-Intensive Versus Labor-Intensive Production” in the Works of Foreign Scholars 51 Chapter V The Problem of Effectiveness and Planning of Capital Investments in Various Technological Modes of Production 74 Chapter VI The Government and Production Forms with a Low Level of Mechanization 86 Conclusion 102 Bibliography