Includes index. Development Academy of the Philippines (1983). The DAP: First decade of innovative service. Quezon City: Development Academy of the Philippines Press.

Introduction -- Prologue -- Mandate -- The Beginnings -- The Charter -- The President's Vision of the Academy -- The President's Vision of Development -- Orientation -- The DAP Mission -- Major Areas of Concern -- The Innovative Approach -- Profiles -- Career Executive Service Development Program -- Career Foreign Service Development Program -- The Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration -- Educational Reorientation Program of the Program for Decentralized Educational Development -- Task Force of the University of Life -- Task Force on Human Settlements -- Pantabangan Dam -- Barrio Irrigators' Service Association Project -- Fishery Resource Management Project -- Pagtatanim sa Kabundukan -- Medium and Small Scale Industry Assistance Program -- Productivity Improvement Circles -- Project Kasarinlan -- Guimaras Integrated Rural Development Project -- Mindoro Integrated Cooperative System Study -- Population, Resources, Environment and the Philippine Future Study -- Social Indicators Project -- Policy Research Study Exclusive Economic Zone -- Inventory of Natural Resources -- Panay Unified Services for Health -- Project Heart - Health Extension Aides for Region XII -- Barefoot Doctors for Region IX -- Publications -- Governance -- The Board of Trustees -- The Organization -- Manpower Profile -- Funding -- Facilities -- Epilogue