Journal of Development Studies articles from June 2003

Journal of Development Studies archives from June 2003

The everyday state and political society in Eastern India: structuring access to the Employment Assurance Scheme.
June 1, 2003... At the doorstep of [a district-level government office], we recognised one of our village respondents, a poor tribal women. She explained that she had been waiting for four hours to see the officer and was afraid of losing her 'turn' if she...

Schooling costs and child work in rural Pakistan.
June 1, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION The International Labour Organization (ILO) considers child labour to be simply the single most important source of child exploitation and child abuse in the world today' [ILO, 1998]. (1) According to the 110, child labour...

Determinants of household saving in Taiwan: growth, demography and public policy.
June 1, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this article is to investigate the sources of variation in the household saving rate in Taiwan. This is done through the estimation of a saving function derived from the standard life cycle framework, with...

Wage inequality and returns to skill in Taiwan, 1978-96.
June 1, 2003... I. BACKGROUND Numerous studies have documented rising wage inequality in the United States since the 1980s. (1) To varying degrees, Katz and Autor [1999: Table 10] have documented that similar trends appear in most OECD countries. Of...

Phases of irrigation development in Asian tropics: a case study of the philippines and Sri Lanka.
June 1, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION A quarter century ago, Kikuchi and Hayami [1978], comparing experiences among several Asian countries, investigated the process in which the momentum of agricultural development shifted, as population growth pressed hard on...

Cultural effects and savings: evidence from immigrants to the United Arab Emirates.
June 1, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION Economic theory accords a dominant role to economic variables in the determination of individual and household savings (see Schemidt-Hebbel [1996] among others). For example, using panel data for 62 countries, Hussein and...

How accurate is food-for-work self-targeting in the presence of imperfect factor markets? Evidence from Ethiopia.
June 1, 2003... INTRODUCTION The problem of targeting transfers is a key issue among scholars and development professionals concerned about poverty, food insecurity, and vulnerability. Given a fixed amount of resources available to transfer to a...

Do smaller firms pay less in the caribbean? The Case of Trinidad and Tobago.
June 1, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION The fact that larger firms appear to pay higher wages than smaller firms for equally productive workers was noted almost a century ago by Moore (1911]. However, despite a reemergence of interest in this aspect of the labour...

Multi-Party Elections in Africa. (Book Reviews).
June 1, 2003... Multi-Party Elections in Africa. Edited by Michael Cowen and Lisa Laakso. Oxford: James Currey, 2002. Pp.x + 387. [pound sterling]50 and [pound sterling]19.95. ISBN 0 85255 844 9 and 843 0 Michael Cowen and Lisa Laakso have edited a book...

Economic Policy and Performance in the Arab World. (Book Reviews).
June 1, 2003... Economic Policy and Performance in the Arab World. By Paul Rivlin. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001. Pp.235. US$49.95. ISBN 1 55587 932 2 Explaining and understanding the dynamics of Arab economies can be a daunting and...

Capacity for Development: New Solutions to Old Problems. (Book Reviews).
June 1, 2003... Capacity for Development: New Solutions to Old Problems. Edited by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Carlos Lopes and Khalid Malik. London: Earthscan and United Nations Development Program, 2002. Pp.x + 284. [pounds sterling]48 and [pounds sterling] 17.95....

Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment. (Book Reviews).
June 1, 2003... Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment. By Partha Dasgupta. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Pp.305. [pounds sterling]25. ISBN 0 19 924788 9 "We shall not cease from exploration And the end of our exploring Will be to...

Human Development in South Asia 2001: Globalisation and Human Development. (Book Reviews).
June 1, 2003... Human Development in South Asia 2001: Globalisation and Human Development. By Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, Pakistan. Oxford University Press/OUP Pakistan, 2002. Pp.xii + 180. Rs 550. ISBN 0 19 579763 9 This volume is the fifth...

Financial Sector Policies for Developing Countries: A Reader. (Book Reviews).
June 1, 2003... Financial Sector Policies for Developing Countries: A Reader. Edited by Gerard Caprio, Patrick Honohan and Dimitri Vittas. Oxford: Oxford University Press for the World Bank, 2003. Pp.xvii + 250. [pounds sterling]16.99. ISBN 0 8213 5176 1 ...

Open Doors: Foreign Participation in Financial Systems in Developing Countries & Brookings-Wharton Papers on Financial Services. (Book Reviews).
June 1, 2003... Open Doors: Foreign Participation in Financial Systems in Developing Countries. Edited by Robert E. Litan, Paul Masson and Michael Pomerleano. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2001. Pp.vii + 440. ISBN 0 8157 045 0 ...

Books received.
June 1, 2003... The following books have been received for review. Appearance in this list does not preclude review is a subsequent issue. Anyone wishing to act as a reviewer of any of these books should contact Jonathan Atkins, Book Reviews Editor, Journal of...