Journal of Development Studies articles from December 1996

Journal of Development Studies archives from December 1996

Capabilities, well-being and human development: a survey.
December 1, 1996... INTRODUCTION Development economists have moved away from thinking of economic development in terms of growth in per capita GNP. The chief reason for this is that such growth may fail to translate into increases in human well-being for the...

Nationalization, privatisation and the dilemmas of common property management in Western Rajasthan.
December 1, 1996... INTRODUCTION Arid and semi-arid areas of the earth occupy more than five billion hectares and are the habitat and source of livelihood for about a quarter of the world's population [UNEP, 1992]. Pastoralism has been the most dominant and...

The use of village agents in rural credit delivery.
December 1, 1996... INTRODUCTION Over the last several decades many low-income countries have allocated billions of dollars to rural financial market projects in an attempt to aid the rural poor, and the small farmer in particular. The amounts that have been...

Learning sequences and structural diversification in developing countries.
December 1, 1996... I. INTRODUCTION Issues associated with structural changes in the patterns of production and exports of developing economies have a long history in the theories of development (for a review see, for example, Syrquin [1988: 206-15]). Approaches...

General versus vocational secondary education in developing countries: a review of the rates of return evidence.
December 1, 1996... I. INTRODUCTION The 1995 World Bank Education Sector Review reaffirms the Bank's policy commitment to general (academic) education at both the primary and lower secondary levels and its policy aversion to supporting school-based vocational...

The involvement of women in the tourism industry of Bali, Indonesia.
December 1, 1996... INTRODUCTION This article addresses relationships between gender and tourism. It is positioned in the gap between the literature on international tourism in developing countries, specifically Indonesia, and the literature on gender and...

Pramit Chaudhuri: a personal account. (economist)
December 1, 1996... Pramit Chaudhuri, who taught in the University of Sussex for nearly 30 years, and whom a very large number of Indian and British economists and historians regarded as his(her) particular friend, died at Lewes, Sussex on July 19. Pramit's...

Forests and Livelihoods: The Social Dynamics of Deforestation in Developing Countries.
December 1, 1996... This well-written book is the long-awaited result of a research programme into the social dynamics of deforestation in developing countries carried out by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). The book takes the...

Disaster and Development in the Horn of Africa.
December 1, 1996... There have certainly been all too many disasters and very few pleasant development in the Horn over the last half century. Here are many insights into the reasons for this state of affairs in a region which, for the purposes of the book, is a...

Sustaining Export-Oriented Development: Ideas from East Asia.
December 1, 1996... This volume of essays is published in honour of Helen Hughes, the first, it is said here, to recognize the significance of export-led growth as an alternative to import-substitutionism in strategies of economic development. There is always a...

The Rise and Fall of Development Theory.
December 1, 1996... This book is advertised as 'a "stock-taking" of development theory at the end of the twentieth century'. In fact, only the first chapter - one of only three 'new' essays out of nine chapters - really provides this. This is supplemented, in the...

Government-NGO Relations in Asia: Prospects and Challenges for People-Centered Development.
December 1, 1996... Non-Governmental Organisations have by now become well established as major actors in development. For some they embody the development of a 'civil society' which is seen as a third force set against both state and market. For others they are...

Non-Governmental Organisations and Rural Poverty Alleviation.
December 1, 1996... Non-Governmental Organisations have by now become well established as major actors in development. For some they embody the development of a 'civil society' which is seen as a third force set against both state and market. For others they are...

Adjusting State and Market in Vietnam.
December 1, 1996... The purpose of this book is to investigate the role of the state in the process of market reform in Vietnam. In carrying out this task the author necessarily enters into contentious territory, for the success of the transition process in Vietnam...

Minerals, Energy and Economic Development in China.
December 1, 1996... This book describes the Chinese mining industry in three main sections: mining and development planning; the sector's economic relations and impacts; and the long-term prospects. Statistical classifications and data limitations emerge as...