Journal of Development Studies articles from April 1999

Journal of Development Studies archives from April 1999

Total factor productivity growth in East Asia: a critical survey.
April 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION The revival of the interest in growth theory during the 1980s with the development of the new neo-classical endogenous growth models [Lucas, 1988, 1993; Romer, 1986, 1990] has opened new avenues of research and initiated...

Directed credit and investment in small-scale industry in India: evidence from firm-level data 1965-78.
April 1, 1999... 1. INTRODUCTION The promotion of small-scale industry has been a consistent theme of post-independence Indian planning. While various protectionist measures and fiscal concessions had been put in place in the 1950s, it was not until the...

Contextuality and data collection methods: a framework and application to health service utilisation.
April 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION: COMMON TALES Opening at random an evaluation or economic report on the functioning of public primary health care centres in a part of the developing world, it is quite common for the reader to find a 'tale' which resembles...

Structural reform, institutions and earnings: evidence from the formal and informal sectors in urban Peru.
April 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION Since the early 1990s, Peru, like several other Latin American countries, has undertaken deep macroeconomic stabilisation policies along with far reaching structural reforms that, among others, have included the elimination...

Foreign direct investment, R&D and spillover efficiency: evidence from Taiwan's manufacturing firms.
April 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION Many endogenous growth models have emphasised technology transfer from the North to the South as a vehicle for productivity growth of the South [e.g., Segerstrom, 1991; Grossman and Helpman, 1991]. Among numerous channels...

Nepali fuelwood production and consumption: regional and household distinctions, substitution and successful intervention.
April 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION Fuelwood is a fundamental source of rural energy - and of deforestation around the world. Rural households often cannot afford commercial energy substitutes like kerosene, even where they are available. They may substitute...

Financial development and economic growth: additional evidence.
April 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION Besides the earlier research by Goldsmith [1969], McKinnon [1973] and other scholars, several recent studies have indicated that the empirical evidence suggests a substantial positive effect of financial development on...

Inferring gender bias form mortality data: a discussion note.
April 1, 1999... I Klasen [1996] and Svedberg [1990, 1996] have debated the issue of gender bias among children in sub-Saharan Africa using anthropometric, mortality and population data. While Svedberg argues that the data show some evidence of a pro-girl...

The Untouchables: Subordination, Poverty and the State in Modern India.(Review)
April 1, 1999... By Oliver Mendelsohn and Marika Vicziany. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp.xviii + 289. [pounds]50 and [pounds]16.95. ISBN 0 521 55362 8 and 55671 6 This is an important book, the result of long application and meticulous...

Development as Process: Concepts and Methods for Working with Complexity.(Review)
April 1, 1999... Edited by David Moss, John Farrington and Alan Rew. London and New York: Routledge, 1998. Pp.xii + 202. [pounds]45. ISBN 0 415 18605 6 This book is a timely contribution to the understanding of what is a fashionable approach to development...

Culture and the City in East Asia.(Review)
April 1, 1999... Edited by Won Bae Kim, Mike Douglass, Sang-Chuel Choe and Kong Chong Ho. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. Pp.xvii + 262. [pounds]40. ISBN 0 19 823358 2 This could be Rotterdam or anywhere Liverpool or Rome 'Cause Rotterdam is...

The Dam and the Nation: Displacement and Resettlement in the Narmada Valley.(Review)
April 1, 1999... Edited by Jean Dreze. Meera Samson and Satyajit Singh. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp.ix + 328. [pounds]25. ISBN 0 19 5640047 In recent years, the dark sides of dams and forced displacement have been brought to the fore by the...

Inside NGOs: Learning to Manage Conflicts between headquarters and Field Offices.(Review)
April 1, 1999... By Naoki Suzuki. London: Intermediate Technology Publications, 1998. Pp.xvii + 245. ISBN 1 85339 413 0. Q agreed that the community well had been badly constructed. But he argued that by learning the hard way the village committee had...

Population, Economic Development and the Environment.(Review)
April 1, 1999... Edited by Kerstin Lindahl Kiessling and Hans Landberg. Oxford: Clarendan Press, 1997. Pp.xii + 284. [pounds]14.99. ISBN 0 19 829242 2 This is the paperback edition of this book, which appeared in hardback in 1994. The book sprung from the...

Doctors for Democracy: Health Professionals in the Nepal Revolution.(Review)
April 1, 1999... By Vincanne Adams. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Pp.xii + 251. [pounds]50 and [pounds]17.95. ISBN 0 521 58486 8 and 521 58548 1 Given the alleged authoritarian forces and tendencies within the profession, Doctors for...

Aspects of the Botswana Economy: Selected Papers.(Review)
April 1, 1999... Edited by J.S. Salkin, D. Mpabanga, D. Cowan, J. Selwe and M. Wright. London: James Curry and Gaborone: Lentswe La Lesedi, 1997. Pp.vii + 579. [pounds]19.95/$42.00. ISBN 0 85255 159 2 and 0 99912 71 04 1 This book brings together the most...