Journal of Development Studies articles from October 1998

Journal of Development Studies archives from October 1998

Household strategies and rural livelihood diversification.
October 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION The orthodox view of processes of economic change is that they involve transitions between states of economic structure or performance that can be distinguished from each other. An important component of this view is that...

Does the labour market explain lower female schooling in India?
October 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION The social benefits of female education are too well known to require emphasis,(1) and they draw attention to the large gender gap in schooling in many LDCs. In the economics of education literature, two of the most...

The political economy of the food subsidy system in Bangladesh.
October 1, 1998... Few countries approach the issue of food security with as great a sense of urgency as Bangladesh. According to the latest figures, 47 per cent of the population - 51 million out of 109 million people - cannot afford a minimum daily diet of...

Exports and economic growth in Bangladesh.
October 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION The recent literature on economic growth has focused considerable attention on determining the effect of foreign trade on economic growth. This article attempts to analyse the effect of exports on economic growth in...

The performance of village intermediaries in rural credit delivery under changing penalty regimes: evidence from Senegal.
October 1, 1998... I. INTRODUCTION A key constraint to agrarian development in many low-income countries is the near absence of formal credit sources for the rural poor. Lender-borrower information asymmetries represent an important obstacle to the emergence...

Concentration, competition policy and the role of small and medium-sized enterprises in South Africa's industrial development.
October 1, 1998... I. INDUSTRIAL CONCENTRATION AND SMEs There is now widespread recognition of the need to tackle the issue of concentration in the South African economy, both for reasons of equity and on grounds of economic efficiency. The observed...

Sector choice, multiple job holding and wage differentials: evidence from Poland.
October 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION Since the collapse of the communist political system and the command economy, Polish society has been undergoing a process of rapid change. Among other changes, the emergence of the private sector is transforming the labour...

Econometrics and Data Analysis for Developing Countries.(Review)
October 1, 1998... By Chandan Mukherjee, Howard White and Marc Wuyts. London: Routledge, 1998. Pp.xviii + 496 (plus data diskette). [pounds]24.99 and [pounds]75. ISBN 0415 09400 3 and 09399 6 I must start by declaring a professional interest. As the teacher...

Enterprise Clusters and Networks in Developing Countries.(Review)
October 1, 1998... Edited by Meine Pieter van Dijk and Roberta Rabellotti. London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 1997. Pp.viii + 304. [pounds]22.50. ISBN 0 7146 4333 5 This book brings together a selection of papers presented at a workshop in November 1994 of...

India's Political Economy: Governance and Reform.(Review)
October 1, 1998... By John P. Lewis. Delhi and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp.401. [pounds]12.50. ISBN 0 19 5642708 According to received wisdom, a systematic approach to liberalisation was adopted by the Government of India from 1992 onwards;...

Discourses of Development: Anthropological Perspectives.(Review)
October 1, 1998... Edited by R.D. Grillo and R.L. Stirrat. Oxford and New York: Berg, 1997. Pp.ix + 299. [pounds]14.99 and [pounds]34.99. ISBN 1 85973 9458 and 9407 According to Katy Gardner, in the introduction to her chapter, 'Mixed Messages: Contested...

Principles of Population and Development with Illustrations from Asia and Africa.(Review)
October 1, 1998... By Nigel Crook (edited by Ian M. Timaeus). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. [pounds]35 and [pounds]14.9. ISBN 0 19 877489 3 and 877488 5 For 20 years Nigel Crook taught and researched at the School of Oriental and African Studies....

Globalization and Neoliberalism: The Caribbean Context.(Review)
October 1, 1998... Edited by Thomas Klak. Lanham, MD and Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield, 1998. Pp. xxiv + 319. US$64.00 and US$21.95. ISBN 0 8476 8536 5 and 8537 3 This collection of papers augments the body of literature on development strategies for the...

Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Developing Countries: Models, Methods and Policy.(Review)
October 1, 1998... Edited by Lawrence Haddad, John Hoddinott and Harold Alderman. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press for the International Food Policy Research Institute, 1997. Pp.xii + 341. [pounds]45. ISBN 0 8018 5572 1 For the most part...

Global Social Policy: International Organisations and the Future of Welfare.(Review)
October 1, 1998... By Bob Deacon with Michelle Hulse and Paul Stubbs. London: Sage Publications, 1997. Pp.xii + 272. ISBN 0 8039 8953 9 and 8954 7 Global Social Policy is a stimulating, innovative and well-researched book. Moreover, given the current crisis...

External Finance and Adjustment: Failure and Success in the Developing World.(Review)
October 1, 1998... Edited by Karel Jansen and Rob Vos. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press and New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. Pp.xxvi + 475. [pounds]55.00. ISBN 0 333 69390 6 Research on financial aspects of economic development has focused primarily on...

Financial Integration and Development: Liberalisation and Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa.(Review)
October 1, 1998... By Machiko Nissanke and Ernest Aryeetey. London and New York: Routledge, 1998. Pp.xiv + 330. [pounds]55.00. ISBN 0 415 18081 3 Research on financial aspects of economic development has focused primarily on closed-economy issues for well...