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The economics of Cain and Abel: agro-pastoral property rights in the Sahel.
February 1, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION
Some say that the quarrel arose at Earth's division between the brothers, in which all land fell to Cain, but all birds, beasts and creeping things to Abel. They agreed that neither should have any claim on the other's...
Bringing politics back in: towards a model of the developmental state.
February 1, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION: STATES OF DEVELOPMENT
In the last 30 years many developing countries (mainly but not only in Africa) have registered negative average annual rates of growth in their GNP per capita. A considerably smaller number have had...
Can crop insurance work? The case of India.
February 1, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION
In principle, crop insurance solves two of the major problems of rural development in poor countries: the reluctance of low-income farmers to invest in new technology and the chronic financial debility of the financial...
Foreign investment in Nepal in the 1980s: a cost benefit evaluation.
February 1, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION
Nepal is one of many developing countries that introduced a structural adjustment reform programme in the 1980s. As well as a focus on expenditure restraint and various forms of market liberalisation, as has been common...
Male-female earnings differentials in Malaysia.
February 1, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION
Analyses of differences in male-female earnings in developing countries tend to be few and far between when compared with analyses for the developed countries. Chapman and Harding [1985: 362], for instance, remarked that '......
Access to credit for non-formal micro-enterprises in Botswana.
February 1, 1995... INTRODUCTION
The limited access to credit constrains the development of micro-enterprises. This article investigates this perception, utilising the results obtained from a survey of micro-enterprises engaged in non-formal activities in...