Journal of Development Studies articles from August 1995

Journal of Development Studies archives from August 1995

Assessing the impact of financial liberalization on stock market volatility in selected developing countries.
August 1, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION Much has been written about the disappointing experiences of many less developed countries (LDCs) that implemented aggressive financial liberalisation (FL) programmes in the mid- to late 1970s and early 1980s. These...

A welfare analysis of the EC-ACP Sugar Protocol. (African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States)
August 1, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION One basic principle of development theory is that financial aid can be much better targeted to indicators of development than trade-tied aid and is, therefore, a superior instrument of international income redistribution...

Modules for modernization: colonial irrigation in India and the technological dimension of agrarian change.
August 1, 1995... INTRODUCTION: CONSTRUCTING A POLITICAL ECONOMY OF IRRIGATION Looking at poLitical economic analyses of agrarian change in India, it is surprising to see how few contributions exist on the political economy of water distribution in large-scale...

Determinants of smallholder landownership: evidence from South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
August 1, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION Why does landownership differ between smallholders? This article seeks to answer this question using survey data from six villages in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. In these villages, land is, or was until recently, fairly...

Firm size and export behavior: an Indian case study.
August 1, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION The basic argument of several empirical studies that postulate positive association between firm size and firm level export intensity is that large firms should fare better than small firms in exports because of the...

Tax revenue instability, with particular reference to Sub-Saharan Africa.
August 1, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW The motivation for the present study lies in the accumulating evidence that variations in the resources available to governments of less developed countries (LDCs) often exert a destabilising influence on...