Journal of Development Studies articles from June 2004

Journal of Development Studies archives from June 2004

World income distribution: which way?
June 1, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION Several inter-related issues concerning income distribution in the world have come to the forefront in recent years. A major stimulus has been the many efforts to renew growth theory since the seminal works of Lucas [1988]...

Exploring social capital debates at the World Bank.
June 1, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION This article is located at the intersection of two literatures. The first relates to the study of development institutions and the practices that surround the production of discourses and their translation into material...

Relationships between household consumption and inequality in the Indian States.
June 1, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION It is widely argued that economic growth plays a key role in enabling effective poverty reduction. But how effective growth is in delivering poverty reduction depends critically on one of the age-old development issues: the...

Women's wellbeing and the sex ratio at birth: some suggestive evidence from India.(phenomenon of sex selective foeticide)
June 1, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION The sex ratio of a population is a quantification of the weight of females in a population, and is employed in this article to denote either the ratio of females to males or the proportion of females in the population. It...

Resource management under climatic risk: a case study from Niger.
June 1, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION Rainfall variation is often identified as the major risk faced by agro-pastoralists in the arid and semi-arid regions of sub-Saharan Africa [Swallow, 1994]. In these environments, households must adopt mechanisms to manage...

Developing country economic structure and the pricing of syndicated credits.
June 1, 2004... I. INTRODUCTION Grinols and Bhagwati [1976] report that some developing countries are excessively dependent on foreign funds or aid, which leaves them unable to escape the poverty trap by their own means. Balassa [1986] notes differences...

Rural Planning in Developing Countries: Supporting Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Livelihoods.
June 1, 2004... Rural Planning in Developing Countries: Supporting Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Livelihoods. By Barry Dalai-Clayton, David Dent and Olivier Dubois. London." Earthscan, 2003. Pp.xxi + 226. 50 [pounds sterling] and 25 [pounds...

Poverty and Democracy: Self-help and Political Participation in Third World Cities.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Poverty and Democracy: Self-help and Political Participation in Third World Cities. Edited by Dirk Berg-Schlosser and Norbert Kersting. London: Zed Books, 2003. Pp.xiii + 237. 50 [pounds sterling] and 16.95 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 1 84277 204 X...

Politics of Managing Water.
June 1, 2004... Politics of Managing Water. Edited by Kaiser Bengali. Pakistan: Sustainable Development Policy Institute and Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp.xxiv + 210. 15 [pounds sterling]/ Rs595. ISBN 0 19 5797922 Of late, development and sustainable...

Optimal Growth Economics: an Investigation of the Contemporary Issues and the Prospect for Sustainable Growth.
June 1, 2004... Optimal Growth Economics: An Investigation of the Contemporary Issues and the Prospect for Sustainable Growth. By S.M.N. Islam. Amsterdam: North Holland, 2001. Pp.536. 113.50 [euro]. ISBN 0444 50860 0 Optimal growth economics is concerned...

Reinventing the World Bank.
June 1, 2004... Reinventing the World Bank. Edited by Jonathan R. Pincus and Jeffrey A. Winters. Cornell University Press: 2002. Pp.288. US$47.50 and US$19.95. ISBN: 0 8014 8792 7 and 4037 8 Within the title of this little volume, 'Reinventing the World...

Valuing Freedoms: Sen's Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction.
June 1, 2004... Valuing Freedoms: Sen's Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction. By Sabina Alkire. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp.xii + 340. 45 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0 19 924579 7 For those to whom the words 'cost benefit analysis' have a...

Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Prospects for Developing Countries.
June 1, 2004... Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Prospects for Developing Countries. Edited by Anil Markandya and Kirsten Halsnaes. London and Sterling VA: Earthscan Publications, 2002. Pp.xii + 291. 17.95 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 1 85383 910 8 and...

Books received.
June 1, 2004... The following books have been received for review. Appearance in this list does not preclude review in a subsequent issue. Anyone wishing to act as a reviewer of any of these books should contact Jonathan Atkins, Book Reviews Editor, Journal of...