Journal of Development Studies articles from April 2001

Journal of Development Studies archives from April 2001

Economic and Cultural Forces in the Child Labour Debate: Evidence from Urban Bangladesh.
April 1, 2001... The relative influence of economic and cultural forces is a key area of debate amongst those exploring the causes of child work, and in wider discourse on household labour deployment. Data from Dhaka slums suggest that household poverty and...

Gender Differences in Land Inheritance, Schooling and Lifetime Income: Evidence from the Rural Philippines.
April 1, 2001... This article examines the difference in lifetime incomes arising from parental preferences in the allocation of land inheritance and investments in schooling between sons and daughters in the rural Philippines. Sons are preferred with respect...

Searching for Livelihood Security: Land and Mobility in Burkina Faso.
April 1, 2001... The incremental approach to land reform in sub-Saharan Africa constitutes a rapprochement between proponents of the introduction of private property regimes and their critics. The incrementalists recognise that local tenure regimes can change...

Assessing the Impact of Microcredit: A Zambian Case Study.
April 1, 2001... Expectations are high, but evidence of the impact of microcredit remains in short supply. This article estimates the impact of an urban credit programme in Zambia on business performance and on a range of indicators of wellbeing. Borrowers who...

Microfinance and Poverty in Bolivia.
April 1, 2001... Both in its institutional range and in its penetration of financial markets, the microfinance sector in Bolivia rivals any in the world, and has played a major part in extracting the macro-economy from meltdown since the mid-1980s. We seek...

Outward Orientation, Investment and Finance Constraints: A Study of Indian Firms.
April 1, 2001... We investigate the presence of finance constraints on firms' investment behaviour using Indian manufacturing as a case study. This question becomes particularly interesting in the post-1991 period when substantial market oriented reforms were...

Upgrading Traditional Technologies in Small-Scale Industry Clusters: Collaboration and Innovation Adoption in Indonesia.
April 1, 2001... There is by now sufficient evidence that small-scale industry clusters matter in developing countries. This article intends to contribute to the discussion on cluster transformation by focusing on innovation adoption in a roof tile cluster in...

Searching for a Better Society: The Peruvian Economy from 1950.
April 1, 2001... Searching for a Better Society: The Peruvian Economy from 1950. By John Sheahan. Pennsylvania, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999. Pp.xi + 212. NP. ISBN 0 271 01872 0 and 01873 9 There are times when books appear as if they...

Democratisation in Africa.
April 1, 2001... Democratisation in Africa. Edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner. Baltimore, MD and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. Pp.xxvii + 245. [pound]12.50 and [pound]32.50. ISBN 0 8018 6273 6 and 6272 8 This book uses a less...

Exchange Rate Misalignment: Concepts and Measurement for Developing Countries.
April 1, 2001... Exchange Rate Misalignment: Concepts and Measurement for Developing Countries. Edited by Lawrence E. Hinkle and Peter J. Montiel. New York: Oxford University Press for the World Bank, 1999. Pp.xviii + 614. [pound]35. ISBN 0 19 521126 X 'I...

Orangi Pilot Project, Reminiscences and Reflections.
April 1, 2001... Orangi Pilot Project, Reminiscences and Reflections. By Akhtar Hameed Khan. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1998. Pp. 171. [pound]10.99. ISBN 0 19 577740 9 The Orangi Pilot Proje t (OPP) is an action research NGO based in Karachi,...

Why Governments Waste Natural Resources:Policy Failures in Developing Countries.
April 1, 2001... Why Governments Waste Natural Resources: Policy Failures in Developing Countries. By Willia Ascher. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. Pp.xi + 333. $59 and $17.95. ISBN 0 8018 6095 4 and 6096 2 This book is about how...

Evaluating Development Aid - Issues, Problems and Solutions.
April 1, 2001... Evaluating Development Aid - Issues, Problems and Solutions. By Basil Cracknell. London: Sage, 2000. Pp.386. [pound]29.99 and [pound]14.99. ISBN 0 7619 9403 3 No one in the United Kingdom has been more involved in the evaluation of...

Development Microeconomics.
April 1, 2001... Development Microeconomics. By Pranab Bardhan and Christopher Udry. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp.vi + 242. [pound]30 and [pound]16.99. ISBN 0 19 877370 6 and 877371 4 It is interesting to compare the microeconomics texts used...

Economic and Social Changes in Czech Society After 1989: An Alternative View.
April 1, 2001... Economic and Social Changes in Czech Society After 1989: An Alternative View. By Lubomir Mlcoch, Pavel Machonin and Milan Sojka. Prague: The Karolinu, Press, Charles University in Prague, 2000. Pp.279. NP ISBN 80 246 0103 6 The breadth of...

Resistance to the Shah: Landowners and Ulama in Iran.(Review)
April 1, 2001... Resistance to the Shah: Landowners and Ulama in Iran. By Mohammad Gholi Majd. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2000. Pp.xiv + 415. $49.95. ISBN 0 8130 1731 9 Mohammad Gholi Majd's work was motivated by a desire to re-evaluate...

Corruption and Democratisation.(Review)
April 1, 2001... Corruption and Delnocratisation. Edited by Alan Doig and Robin Theobald. London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 2000. Pp.176. [pound]32.50 and [pound]16.50. ISBN 0 7146 4996 1 and 8057 5 There currently exists a twofold consensus among most...