Journal of Development Studies articles from April 2004

Journal of Development Studies archives from April 2004

Rural livelihoods and poverty reduction strategies in four African countries.
April 1, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION This paper summarises the comparative results of research undertaken on rural livelihoods and poverty reduction in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. (1) The research comprises two main components. The first is the...

Institutionalised co-production: unorthodox public service delivery in challenging environments.
April 1, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION What are the best organisational arrangements for the delivery of public services? The general tone of specialist opinion in most parts of the world is now agnostic. There is much agreement that monopolistic provision...

The political economy of improving health care for the poor in rural Africa: institutional solutions to the principal--agent problem.
April 1, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION When analysis is genuinely sophisticated, the application of economic theory does not always result in the recommendation of a private for-profit market and a concern for the poor does not uniformly lead to a preference for...

The impact of resource inflows on child health: evidence from Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, 1993-98.
April 1, 2004... 1. INTRODUCTION Has the dismantling of apartheid led to improved health status of black (1) children in South Africa? As that country came out of white minority rule in the early 1990s, there was widespread hope and anticipation that the...

Is it better to be a boy? A disaggregated outlay equivalent analysis of gender bias in Papua New Guinea.
April 1, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION The question of unequal divisions between men and women and boys and girls inside the household is the topic of much recent research. Unequal allocations cause poverty and inequality to be understated when we use measures...

Induced wage effects of changes in food prices in Egypt.
April 1, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION How quickly and how far do wages adjust to changes in food prices? This is an old question, yet there is relatively limited empirical work that sheds light on this issue for developing countries. (1) Apart from an obvious...

Openness and growth: re-examining foreign direct investment, trade and output linkages in Latin America.
April 1, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION Since the mid-1970s, considerable progress has been made in trade reform in most developing countries, with a swing from an import substitution strategy to an outward (or export) oriented approach. The relationship between...

List of referees from August 2002 to July 2003 (inclusive).
April 1, 2004... The editors of The Journal of Development Studies wish to acknowledge the following people for their refereeing assistance between August 2002 and July 2003. Arnab Acharya Richard Adams Ihsan Ajwad Harold Alderman Tim...