Journal of Development Studies articles from October 2003

Journal of Development Studies archives from October 2003

What has luck got to do with it? A regional analysis of poverty and agricultural growth in rural India.
October 1, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION One of the most enduring debates in economic development has been on the determinants of pro-poor growth processes [Ravallion and Dutt, 2002; White and Anderson, 2001]. Much of the empirical background to this debate has...

Shock persistence in a dual economy model of India.
October 1, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION Annual growth rates of the Indian economy since the first Five-Year Plan in 1950/I have varied considerably. Between 1950 and 1980, gross domestic product (GDP) growth was slow, averaging 3.3 per cent per annum [Government...

Impacts of in-kind transfers on household food consumption: evidence from targeted food programmes in Bangladesh.
October 1, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION In the ongoing debate on the merits of food and cash transfers, one key factor is the extent to which food transfers have a greater positive impact on food consumption than do cash transfers of an equal monetary value. (1)...

Health facility characteristics and the decision to seek care.
October 1, 2003... In the presence of poverty, small changes in family resources or their allocation may lead to unfavourable consequences for children. A case may be made that parents in many cases are fair, even altruistic, allocators of resources under...

Infant and child mortality in developing countries: analysing the data for robust determinants.
October 1, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION There is widespread agreement that development should be measured by variables other than GNP per capita. Health variables, such as infant or maternal mortality, and education indicators, such as literacy, should be used to...

The provision of public goods by a local entrepreneurial state: the case of perservation of the Nanyue Relics in China.
October 1, 2003... In 1995, relics of the royal palace of the ancient Nanyue Kingdom were, for the first time, excavated in Guangzhou, the provincial capital of Guangdong in south China. With a history of about 2,200 years, it is the earliest palace ever found in...

Foreign direct investment, financial development and economic growth.
October 1, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION The contribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) to economic growth has been debated quite extensively in the literature. This debate has focused on the channels through which FDI may help to raise growth in recipient...

Commodity export dependence and the choice of exchange rate regime: viewing the poles from Saudi Arabia.
October 1, 2003... I. INTRODUCTION The accumulation of evidence during the 1990s that pegged currencies cannot safely be combined with capital account liberalisation has promoted a 'bipolar' policy orthodoxy under which countries are advised to adopt either...

Making Global Trade Work for People.(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... By Kamal Malhotra et al. London: Earthscan, 2003. Pp.xxxii + 341. 55 [pounds sterling] and 18.95 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 1 85383 981 7 and 982 5 This book is the outcome of a project funded by UNDP, the Heinrich Boll and Rockefeller...

Urban Livelihoods: a People-Centred Approach to Reducing Poverty.(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... Edited by Carole Rakodi with Tony Lloyd-Jones. London: Earthscan, 2002. Pp. xvii + 306. 40 [pounds sterling] and 17.95 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 1 85383 861 6 and 860 8 At first glance this book, sponsored by the British government's...

Knowing Poverty: Critical Reflections on Participatory Research and Policy.(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... Edited by Karen Brock and Rosemary McGee. London: Earthscan, 2002. Pp.x + 212. 40 [pounds sterling] and 15.95 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 1 85383 899 3 and 894 2 Participatory research methods no longer occupy the radical fringes of...

The Other War: Global Poverty and the Millennium Challenge Account.(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... By Lael Brainard, Carol Graham, Nigel Purvis, Steven Radelet, and Gayle E. Smith. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press and Center for Global Development, 2003. Pp.x + 265. 34 [pounds sterling] and 13.50 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0 8157...

Innovation in Natural Resource Management: the Role of Property Rights and Collective Action in Developing Countries.(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... Edited by Ruth Meinzen Dick, Anna Knox, Frank Place and Brent Swallow. Baltimore, MD and London: Johns Hopkins University Press for International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002. Pp.xvi + 317. 44.50 [pounds sterling] and 22 [pounds...

Local Democracy and Development: the Kerala People's Campaign for Decentralized Planning.(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... By T.M.Thomas Issac and Richard W. Franke. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Little Field, 2002. 20.95 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0 7425 1607 5 The origin and purpose of decentralised planning and governance are increasingly debated in academic circles....

Worlds Apart: Civil Society and the Battle for Ethical Globalization.(Book Review)
October 1, 2003... Worlds Apart: Civil Society and the Battle for Ethical Globalization. By John Clark. London: Earthscan, 2003. Pp.xiv + 268. 15.99 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 1 85383 987 6 Globalizing Civic Engagement. Edited by John Clark. London: Earthscan,...

Books received.
October 1, 2003... 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...