Journal of Development Studies articles from December 2003

Journal of Development Studies archives from December 2003

Erratum.(Correction Notice)
December 1, 2003... An equation appearing in The Journal of Development Studies 40/1 (October 2003) was printed incorrectly. The formula on p. 157 should have appeared as follows: [MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]

Participation and accountability in development management.
December 1, 2003... Neither the strong nor the weak understandings of participation in current literature take full account of the fact that these problems can only be avoided by combining hierarchy and expertise with participation in management systems....

Household income dynamics: a four-country story.
December 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION Who is getting ahead in economic terms, who is falling behind, and how? The rises and falls in income and consumption experienced by households are the most direct indicators available of who benefits and by how much from...

Foreign trade regimes and the FDI-growth nexus: a case study of Thailand.(Foreign Direct Investment)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION The role of foreign direct investment (FDI) has been widely recognised as a growth-enhancing factor in developing countries. FDI enables investment receiving (host) countries to achieve investment levels beyond their own...

The impact of domestic and global trade liberalisation on five Southern African countries.
December 1, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION While it is widely accepted that foreign trade in general and trade liberalisation in particular generate overall welfare gains for an economy as a whole, there are always winners and losers from changes in domestic and...

Business groups, financing constraints and investment: the case of India.
December 1, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION Business groups abound in many developing (and developed) economies. However, apart from this, little is known about business groups in general, since they typically take different forms in different countries. The...

Industrial location in post-reform India: patterns of inter-regional divergence and intra-regional convergence.
December 1, 2003... The idea of inter-regional divergence followed by convergence is one of the cornerstones of the regional development literature. It is expected that interregional inequality (expressed typically in terms of per capita regional income or output)...

Why is son preference so persistent in East and South Asia? A cross-country study of China, India and the Republic of Korea.
December 1, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION Most societies show some degree of preference for sons, though mostly so mild as to be virtually undetectable [Williamson, 1976]. However, son preference strong enough to result in substantial levels of excess female child...