Journal of Development Studies articles from June 1999

Journal of Development Studies archives from June 1999

Liberte, egalite, fraternite: exploring the role of governance in fertility decline.
June 1, 1999... Reproductive behaviour has changed across the globe within the space of a century. Within this short span of human history, people around the world have shifted from having large to small numbers of children. This transition has taken place...

Why aren't countries rich?: weak states and bad neighbourhoods.
June 1, 1999... Sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! From The Building of the Ship by H.W. Longfellow ...

Trade liberalisation, market deregulation and agricultural performance in Central America.
June 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION The debate over whether government interventions in markets have a positive or detrimental effect on the agricultural sector is an old one, going back to the eighteenth century. While economic theory (and international trade...

The ownership advantage in Latin American FDI: a sectoral study of US direct investment in Mexico.
June 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION Since the development of Dunning's eclectic paradigm as the dominant framework in research on the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI), there have been numerous empirical studies searching for the relevant...

Exploring income inequality in rural, coastal Viet Nam.
June 1, 1999... INEQUALITY IN THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY The purpose of this article is to examine the trends and causes of inequality changes for two coastal Districts in Viet Nam, since the wider issues of the relationship between inequality, poverty,...

The trade-off between child labour and human capital formation: a Tanzanian case study.
June 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION There has been an increasing interest on the status of child work(1) in developing countries and its implications for children's human capital development and poverty alleviation. Despite this increased concern, research on...

Farm size and productivity in Malawian smallholder agriculture.
June 1, 1999... INTRODUCTION The existence of an inverse relationship (IR) between farm size and productivity is an important stylised fact underpinning many rural development policies and arguments for redistributive land reform [e.g., Lipton, 1996]. The...

New rice technology and comparative advantage in rice production in the Philippines.
June 1, 1999... I. INTRODUCTION Assessing the nation's comparative advantage in rice production is of a major academic interest as well as policy significance because rice production competes for key production inputs - land, labour and water which could...

Transnational Corporations and the Global Economy.(Review)
June 1, 1999... Edited by Richard Kozul-Wright and Robert Rowthorn. Basingstoke: Macmillan (for United Nations University and World Institute for Development Economics Research), 1998. Pp.448. [pounds]55. ISBN 0 333 68957 7 This is a timely volume, the...

The New Global Economy and Developing Countries: Making Openness Work.(Review)
June 1, 1999... By Dani Rodilk. Washington, DC: Overseas Development Council, 1999. Pp.x + 168. $13.95. ISBN 1 56517 027 X The last couple of decades have witnessed far-reaching developments in the international economy in connection with inter-country...

Information, Management and Participation: A New Approach from Public Health in Brazil.(Review)
June 1, 1999... By Francesco Notarbartolo Di Villarosa. London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 1998. Pp.xxiii + 145. [pounds]19.50/$24.50. ISBN 0 7146 4353 X This is the kind of book I always wish there were more of in the development literature. The book...

Informal Politics: Street Vendors and the State in Mexico City.(Review)
June 1, 1999... By John Cross. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1998. Pp.x + 272. [pounds]35 and [pounds]11.95. ISBN 08047 3060 1 and 3062 8 The objective of this book is to analyse the informal sector of Mexico from the political perspective. It...

Evaluation Frameworks for Development Programmes and Projects.(Review)
June 1, 1999... By R. Dale. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1998. Pp.151. [pounds]25 and [pounds]11.99. ISBN 0 7619 9239 1 and 9240 5 This handbook provides, as the title promises, a useful framework for understanding evaluations, and for planning them. The...

Tourism, Development and Growth: The Challenge of Sustainability.(Review)
June 1, 1999... Edited by Salah Wahab and John J. Pigram. London: Routledge, 1997. Pp.320. [pounds]50 and [pounds]15.99. ISBN 0 415 16001 4 and 16002 2 It is only fairly recently that the level of scholarship on travel and tourism has started to reflect...

Tourism and Economic Development in Asia and Australasia.(Review)
June 1, 1999... Edited by Frank M. Go and Carson L. Jenkins. London: Cassell, 1997. Pp.384. [pounds]60 and [pounds]18.99. ISBN 1 85567 417 3 and 567 6 It is only fairly recently that the level of scholarship on travel and tourism has started to reflect the...

Tourism and Sustainability: New Tourism in the Third World.(Review)
June 1, 1999... By Martin Mowforth and Ian Munt. London: Routledge, 1997. Pp.384. [pounds]50 and [pounds]16.99. ISBN 0 415 13763 2 and 13764 0 It is only fairly recently that the level of scholarship on travel and tourism has started to reflect the...

Sustainable Rural Development.(Review)
June 1, 1999... Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1998. Pp.304. [pounds]40 and [pounds]12.99. ISBN 0333 66484 1 and 66485 X Rural development is a composite area-based activity, focusing on marginalised populations and the significance of its multiple components...

Collaboration in International Rural Development: A Practitioner's Handbook.(Review)
June 1, 1999... By George H. Axinn and Nancy W. Axinn. London and New Delhi: Sage, 1997. Pp.336. [pounds]27.50 and [pounds]13. ISBN 0761 99200 6 and 92014 Rural development is a composite area-based activity, focusing on marginalised populations and the...

Learning from Somalia: The Lessons of Armed Humanitarian Intervention.(Review)
June 1, 1999... Edited by Walter Clarke and Jeffrey Herbst. Oxford: Westview, 1997. Pp.xi + 276. [pounds]11.95 and [pounds]41.50. ISBN 0 8133 2794 6 and 2793 8 This is a very useful book which will be much read both by a general development studies...

Between Development and Destruction: An Enquiry into the Causes of Conflict in Post-Colonial States.(Review)
June 1, 1999... Edited by Luc Van de Goor, Kumar Rupesinghe and Paul Sciarone. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 1996. Pp.xx + 376. [pounds]14.99. ISBN 1 0333 65038 7 This book of 16 chapters arises out of a Dutch government-funded research project into the...