Journal of Development Studies articles from October 2000

Journal of Development Studies archives from October 2000

ERRATUM.
October 1, 2000... Please note that Figure 1 on page 123 of the article 'Adjustment, Stabilisation and the Structure of Employment in Brazil' by Edward J. Amadeo and Valeria Pero, which appeared in the April 2000 (Vol. 36, No. 4) issue of the Journal was...

Financial Regulation in Developing Countries.
October 1, 2000... Many LDCs have implemented reforms to strengthen the prudential regulation and supervision of their financial systems. This article examines the progress made by LDCs in implementing reforms, analyses the weaknesses in their prudential systems...

Enabling Environments: Do Anti-Poverty Programmes Mobilise the Poor?
October 1, 2000... How can friends of the poor' in government or other agencies design and manage their anti-poverty programmes to encourage mobilisation? We explore the options, point out the advantages and disadvantages of the more direct methods, and make a...

The Structure of Government Intervention in African Agriculture.(determinants of agricultural subsidy rates in Africa)
October 1, 2000... This article examines the determinants of various rates of agricultural subsidies (output, input, exchange rate distortions, and aggregate) using commodity-level data from eight African countries in the 1980s. Econometric results indicate that...

Gender Differences in Children's Nutrition and Access to Health Care in Pakistan.
October 1, 2000... This article analyses gender differences in children's nutrition and access to health care in Pakistan with a view to uncovering parents' motives for the favouring of sons in South Asia. It is found that, among 0 to 5-year-old children, boys...

A Multilateral Decomposition of Racial Wage Differentials in the 1994 South African Labour Market.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2000... This article develops a new multilateral decomposition procedure for the analysis of wage differentials and applies this to the racial wage hierarchy in the South African labour market. Using microdata on male workers from the 1994 October...

Marketing Margins and Agricultural Technology in Mozambique.
October 1, 2000... Improvements in agricultural productivity and reductions in marketing costs in Mozambique are analysed using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. The model incorporates detailed marketing margins and separates household demand for...

Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico: A Cointegration Analysis.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2000... This article addresses the important question of whether foreign direct investment enhances economic growth and labour productivity in Mexico, both from a theoretical and empirical perspective. After briefly reviewing the Mexican experience...

Democratic Politics and Economic Reform in India.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Democratic Politics and Economic Reform in India. By Robert Jenkins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp.ix + 250. [pound]16.95 and [pound]45. ISBN 0521 65987 6 and 65016 X India's political economy has always held a fatal...

Hydropolitics in the Third World: Conflict and Cooperation in International River Basins.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Hydropolitics in the Third World: Conflict and Cooperation in International River Basins. By Arun P. Elhance. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1999. Pp.xiv + 309. US$37.5 and US$19.95. ISBN 1 878 37991 7 and 37990 9 ...

The End of the Refugee Cycle? Refugee Repatriation and Reconstruction.(Review)
October 1, 2000... The End of the Refugee Cycle? Refugee Repatriation and Reconstruction. Edited by Richard Black and Khalid Koser. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1999. Pp.275. [pound]40 and [pound]14.50. ISBN 1 57181 987 8 and 715 8 Taking a...

Losing Place: Refugee Populations and Rural Transformations in East Africa.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Losing Place: Refugee Populations and Rural Transformations in East Africa. By Johnathan Bascom. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1999. Pp.xxii + 200. [pound]25. ISBN 1 57181 083 8 This book is a thorough contribution to the literature...

Environmental Assessment in Developing and Transitional Countries: Principles, Methods and Practice.
October 1, 2000... Environmental Assessment in Developing and Transitional Countries: Principles, Methods and Practice. Edited by Norman Lee and Clive George. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2000. Pp.xxiii + 290. [pound]60 and [pounds]19.99. ISBN 0471 98556 2 and...

Smallholder Cash Crop Production under Market Liberalisation: A New Institutional Economic Perspective.
October 1, 2000... Smallholder Cash Crop Production under Market Liberalisation: A New Institutional Economic Perspective. Edited by Andrew Dorward, Jonathan Kydd and Colin Poulton. Wallingford: CAB International, 1998. Pp.x + 280. [pound]40. ISBN 0 85199 277 3...

Trade Shocks in Developing Countries: Volume 1: Africa.(Trade Shocks in Developing Countries: Volume 2: Asia and Latin America)(Review)
October 1, 2000... Trade Shocks in Developing Countries: Volume 1: Africa. By Paul Collier, Jan Willem Gunning and Associates. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999. Pp.ix + 491. [pound]50. ISBN 0 19 829338 0 Trade Shocks in Developing Countries: Volume 2: Asia and...

The Third World beyond the Cold War: Continuity and Change.(Review)
October 1, 2000... The Third World beyond the Cold War: Continuity and Change. Edited by Louise Fawcett and Yezid Sayigh. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999. Pp.vii + 294. [pound]45. ISBN 0 19 829550 2 This is a volume of papers which form part of the output of...

East Asia: Recovery and Beyond.
October 1, 2000... East Asia: Recovery and Beyond. By The World Bank. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2000. Pp.viii + 158. US$25.00. ISBN 0 8213 4565 6 This text is the follow up to the last regional study conducted by the World Bank on East Asia, subtitled...