Aid Without Power

Book reviewed in this article: Western Middle Powers and Global Poverty. The Determinants of the Aid Policies of Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. Edited by Olav Stokke The Emergence of Japan's Foreign Aid Power. By Robert M. Orr Jr. Development Cooperation, 1990 Report. Efforts and Policies of the Members of the Development Assistance Committee. OECD Development Assistance Committee     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this issue. Governance and the Democratic Deficit: Assessing the Democratic Legitimacy of Governance Practices. Edited by Victor Bekkers, Geske Dijkstra, Arthur Edwards and Menno Fenger. The Many Dimensions of Poverty. Edited by Nanak Kakwani and Jacques Silber. The European Union and International Development: The Politics of Foreign Aid. By Maurizio Carbone. George Bush's Foreign Aid: Transformation or Chaos? By Carol Lancaster. Irrigation Water Pricing: The Gap Between Theory and Practice. Edited by F. Molle and J. Berkoff. Developing Countries: Evaluation of Land Potential – The Work of LRD, 1956‐2001. Edited by J. Makin, J. Bennett, M. Brunt and C. Griffin.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Implementing Rural Development Projects. Edited by Elliott R. Morss and David D. Gow. Boulder Rural Project Management. By Vincent Austin. Guide to Social Assessment: A Framework for Assessing Social Change. By Kristi Branch, Douglas A. Hooper, James Thompson and James Creighton. Politics and Economics of External Debt Crisis: The Latin American Experience. Edited by Miguel S. Wionczek. Foreign Debt and Latin American Economic Development. Edited by Antonio Jorge, Jorge Salazar-Carillo and René P. Higonnet. Room for Manoeuvre: An Exploration of Public Policy in Agriculture and Rural Development. Edited by E. J. Clay and B. B. Schaffer. The Impending Crisis in Kenya: the Case for Land Reform. By Diana Hunt. Recurrent Costs and Agricultural Development. Edited by John Howell. Labelling in Development Policy: Essays in Honour of Bernard Schaffer. Edited by Geoff Wood. Bahrain and the Gulf. By Jeffrey Nugent and Theodore H. Thomas. UK Aid to African Agriculture. All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development. Political Change and Underdevelopment: A Critical Introduction to Third World Politics. By Vicky Randall and Robin Theobald.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Rescuing the World Bank. Edited by Nancy Birdsall. The Birth of Development: How the World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organisation, and World Health Organisation Changed the World, 1945–1965. By Amy L. S. Staples. Visions of Development: Faith‐based Initiatives. Edited by Wendy Tyndale. International Migration Outlook: Annual Report 2006 (SOPEMI). By the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development. How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place. Edited by Bjorn Lomborg. Global Issues for Global Citizens: An Introduction to Key Development Challenges. Edited by Vinay Bhargava. Financial Dollarization: The Policy Agenda. Edited by Adrian Armas, Alain Ize and Eduardo Levy Yeyati. Beyond the Numbers: Understanding the Institutions for Monitoring Poverty Reduction Strategies. By Tara Bedi, Aline Coudouel, Marcus Cox, Markus Goldstein and Nigel Thornton. Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, Development, Domestic Politics. By Carol Lancaster. Making Aid Work. By A. V. Banerjee with A. H. Amsden; R. H. Bates; J. Bhagwati; A. Deaton and N. Stern. Food is Different: Why We Must Get the WTO Out of Agriculture. By Peter M. Rosset. Development Issues in Global Governance: Public‐private Partnership and Market Multilateralism. By Benedicte Bull and Desmond McNeill. Globalisation, Employment and Income Distribution in Developing Countries. Edited by Eddy Lee and Marco Vivarelli. Africa and Development Challenges in the New Millennium: The NEPAD Debate. Edited by J. O. Adesina, Yao Graham and A. Olukoshi. The Unsettled Land: State‐making and the Politics of Land in Zimbabwe, 1893–2003. By Jocelyn Alexander. Confronting New Realities: Reflections on Tanzania's Radical Transformation. By Juma V. Mwapachu. Roadmap to an ASEAN Economic Community. Edited by Dennis Hew. China's Limits to Growth: Greening State and Society. Edited by Peter Ho and Eduard B. Vermeer. The Political Economy of Asian Transition from Communism. By Sujian Guo. China and India: Learning From Each Other — Reforms and Policies for Sustained Growth. Edited by Jahangir Aziz, Steven Dunaway and Eswar Prasad.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: United States Development Assistance Policy: The Domestic Politics of Foreign Economic Aid. By Vernon W. Ruttan Growing Out of the Plan: Chinese Economic Reform 1978–1993. By Barry Naughton The Rise and Fall of Development Theory. By Colin Leys Non-Governmental Organizations and Rural Poverty Alleviation. By Roger C. Riddell and Mark Robinson, with John De Coninck, Ann Muir and Sarah White The North, the South and the Environment: Ecological Constraints and the Global Economy. Edited by V. Bhaskar and Andrew Glyn Industrialisation and Agricultural Surplus: A Comparative Study of Economic Development in Asia. By Massoud Karshenas Regional Trading Arrangements Among Developing Countries: The ASEAN Example. By Dean A. DeRosa Africa Now: People, Policies, Institutions. Edited by Stephen Ellis Dimensions of Development with Emphasis on Africa. Edited by Tekeste Negash and Lars Rudebeck The Underdevelopment of Development: Essays in Honor of Andre Gunder Frank. Edited by Sing C. Chew and Robert A. Denemark Promoting Development: Effective Global Institutions for the Twenty-first Century. Edited by Jo Marie Griesgraber and Bernhard G. Gunter Asian Economies in Transition: Reforming Centrally Planned Economies. By Richard Pomfret The Response: GATT and Global Free Trade. By Sir James Goldsmith Environmental Valuation: New Perspectives. Edited by K. G. Willis and J. T. Corkindale Full House: Reassessing the Earth's Population Carrying Capacity. By Lester R. Brown and Hal Kane Exchange Rate Parity for Trade and Development: Theory, Tests, and Case Studies. By Pan A. Yotopoulos IMF Programmes in Developing Countries: Design and Impact. By Tony Killick. Development Policy Studies series IMF Lending to Developing Countries: Issues and Evidence. By Graham Bird. Development Policy Studies series Economic Reforms and Poverty Alleviation in India. Edited by C. H. Hanumantha Rao and Hans Linnemann Moving to the Market: The World Bank in Transition. By Richard W. Richardson and Jonas A. Haralz Water and the Quest for Sustainable Development in the Ganges Valley. Edited by G. P. Chapman and M. Thompson The New Institutional Economics and Third World Development. Edited by John Harriss, Janet Hunter and Colin M. Lewis The New Struggle for Democracy in Africa. By John Wiseman Democratization in South Africa: The Elusive Social Contract. By Timothy D. Sisk Money-Go-Rounds: The Importance of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations for Women. Edited by Shirley Ardener and Sandra Berman Global Change, Regional Response: The New International Context of Development. Edited by Barbara Stallings     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Ports as Nodal Points in a Global Transport System. Edited by Antony J. Dolman and Jan Van Ettinger Economic Stabilization and Debt in Developing Countries. By Richard N. Cooper Multinational Investment in Developing Countries: A Study of Taxation and Nationalization. By Thomas Anderson Improving Development Program Performance: Guidelines for Managers. By Derick W. Brinkerhoff Democracy, Governance and Economic Policy: Sub-Saharan Africa in Comparative Perspective. By John Healey and Mark Robinson Beyond Government: Organisations for Common Benefit. By Donald Curtis The Politics of Industrial Agriculture. By Tracey Clunies-Ross and Nicholas Hildyard Refashioning Nature: Food, Ecology and Culture. By David Goodman and Michael Redclift Population and Development in Poor Countries: Selected Essays. By Julian L. Simon Cities in the 1990s: The Challenge for Developing Countries. Edited by Nigel Harris Models of Unemployment in Trade and Economic Development. By B. H. Hazari and P. M Contrasting Styles of Industrial Reform: China and India in the 1980s. By George Rosen A Captive Land: The Politics of Agrarian Reform in the Philippines. By James Putzel. London: Catholic Institute for International Relations Learning from Gal Oya: Possibilities for Participatory Development and Post-Newtonian Social Science. By Norman Uphoff Japan's Global Reach. By Bill Emmott People First: A Guide to Self-Reliant Participatory Rural Development. By Stan Burkey The Decline of Community in Zinacantán: Economy, Public Life, and Social Stratification, 1960–1987. By Frank Cancian British Aid and International Trade: Aid Policy-making 1979-89. By Oliver Morrissey, Brian Smith and Edward Horesh     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Shaping Competitive Advantages: Conceptual Framework and the Korean Approach. By Wolfgang Hillebrand Systemic Competitiveness: New Governance Patterns for Industrial Development. By Klaus Esser, Wolfgang Hillebrand, Dirk Messner and Jörg Meyer-Stamer New Approaches to Poverty Analysis and Policy: A Contribution to the World Summit for Social Development I. The Poverty Agenda and the ILO: Issues for Research and Action. Edited by Gerry Rodgers II. Reducing Poverty through Labour Market Policies. Edited by José B. Figueiredo and Zafar Shaheed A New Wave of Foreign Direct Investment in Asia. Compiled by Nomura Research Institute and Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Traders in a Brave New World: The Uruguay Round and the Future of the International Trading System. By Ernest Preeg Famine Early Warning and Response: The Missing Link. By Margaret Buchanan-Smith and Susanna Davies The Alms Bazaar: Altruism Under Fire – Non-Profit Organizations and International Development. By Ian Smillie Urban Health in Developing Countries: Progress and Prospects. Edited by Trudy Harpham and Marcel Tanner Overseas Aid Motivations: The Economics of Australia's Bilateral Aid. By Rukmani Gounder Coping with Capital Surges: The Return of Finance to Latin America. Edited by Ricardo Ffrench-Davis and Stephany Griffith-Jones Indonesia: The Political Economy of Energy. By Philip Barnes Democracy, Development and the Countryside: Urban-Rural Struggles in India. By Ashutosh Varshney Exporting Africa: Technology, Trade and Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa. Edited by Samuel M. Wangwe A Moment on the Earth: The Coming Age of Environmental Optimism. By Gregg Easterbrook     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Human Development Report 2006: Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty and the Global Water Crisis. By the United Nations Development Programme. Does Foreign Aid Really Work? By Roger Riddell. Human Security and the UN: A Critical History. By S. Neil MacFarlane and Yuen Foong Khong. Europe and its Immigrants in the 21st Century: A New Deal or a Continuing Dialogue of the Deaf? Edited by Demetrios G. Papademetriou. Immigration and America's Future: A New Chapter. By Doris Meissner, Deborah W. Meyers, Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Michael Fix. Fifty Key Thinkers on Development. Edited by David Simon. The Elgar Companion to Development Studies. Edited by David Alexander Clark.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this articles. Escape from Empire: The Developing World's Journey Through Heaven and Hell. By Alice H. Amsden. Trade, Aid and Security: An Agenda for Peace and Development. Edited by Oli Brown, Mark Halle, Sonia Peña Moreno and Sebastian Winkler. Brookings Trade Forum 2006: Global Labor Markets? Edited by Susan M. Collins and Carol Graham. The Right to Know: Transparency for an Open World. Edited by Ann Florini.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Does Aid Work in India? A Country Study of the Impact of Official Development Assistance. By Michael Lipton and John Toye The Lords of Poverty: the Freewheeling Lifestyles, Power, Prestige and Corruption of the Multi-billion Dollar Aid Business. By Graham Hancock Real Aid: What Europe Can Do. By the Independent Group on British Aid Soviet Regional Economic Policy: The East-West Debate Over Pacific Siberian Development. By Jonathan R. Schiffer Debt, Stabilization and Development: Essays in Memory of Carlos Diaz-Alejandro. Edited by Guillermo Calvo, Ronald Findlay, Pentti Kouri and Jorge Braga de Macedo Debt, Adjustment and Recovery: Latin America's Prospects for Growth and Development. Edited by Sebastian Edwards and Felipe Larrain The Political Economy of Namibia: An Annotated Critical Bibliography. By Tore Linne Eriksen with Richard Moorsom Economic Theories of Development: An Analysis of Competing Paradigms. By Diana Hunt Democracy and Development in Latin America: Economics, Politics and Religion in the Postwar Period. By David Lehmann The Competitive Advantage of Nations. By Michael Porter Labeur et Rareté. By Fabio R. Fiallo     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Trade Liberalization among Major World Trading Areas. By John Whalley. The Political Economy of International Money: In Search of a New Order. Edited by Loukas Tsoukalis. Agrarian Reform in Contemporary Developing Countries. Edited by Ajit Kumar Ghose. Livestock Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Constraints, Prospects, Policy. Edited by James Simpson and Phylo Evangelou. Energy, Environment and Development in Africa, SADCC Country Studies, Parts I and II. Edited by Phil O'Keefe and Barry Munslow. Continental Crisis: The Lagos Plan of Action and Africa's Future. Edited by David Fashole Luke and Timothy M. Shaw.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Foreign Investment in China under the Open Policy: The Experience of Hong Kong Companies. By John T. Thoburn, H. M. Leung, Esther Chau and S. H. Tang Investing in China: The Years of the Open Door Policy. By Richard Pomfret Cities and Development in the Third World. Edited by Robert B. Potter and Ademola T. Salau Economic and Political Incentives to Petroleum Exploration: Development in the Asia-Pacific Region. Edited by Jeremiah D. Lambert and Fereidun Fesharaki Extension Alternatives in Tropical Africa. By Jon Moris Economic Growth and Urbanization in Developing Areas. Edited by David Drakakis-Smith EC Trade Policy and the Third World: An Irish Perspective. By Alan Matthews     

The Structural Adjustment Experiment

Book reviewed in this article: Stabilization and Structural Adjustment: Macro-economic Frameworks for Analysing the Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa. By Finn Tarp Structural Adjustment and Beyond in Sub-Saharan Africa: Research and Policy Issues. Edited by Rolph van der Hoeven and Fred van der Kraaij Hemmed In: Responses to Africa's Economic Decline. Edited by Thomas M. Callaghy and John Ravenhill     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Why Globalisation Works. By Martin Wolf Globalisation and the Future of the Welfare State. Edited by Miguel Glazer and Dietrich Rueschemeyer The Dynamics of Socio‐Economic Development: An Introduction. By Adam Szirmai Growth and Empowerment: Making Development Happen. By Nicholas Stern, Jean‐Jacques Dethier and F. Halsey‐Rogers The Ethics of Development. By Des Gasper UN Voices: The Struggle for Development and Social Justice. By Thomas G. Weiss, Tatiana Carayannis, Louis Emmerij and Richard Jolly Post‐Conflict Development: Meeting New Challenges. Edited by Gerd Junne and Willemijn Verkoren Mind, Heart, and Soul in the Fight Against Poverty. By Katherine Marshall and Lucy Keough Small States in Transition: From Vulnerability to Competitiveness. By Ganesh Wignaraja, Marlon Lezama and David Joiner Geopolitics and the Post‐colonial: Rethinking North‐South Relations. By David Slater Migration, Development and Poverty Reduction. Economic Growth, Economic Performance and Welfare in South Asia. Edited by Raghbendra Jha Rural India Facing the 21st Century: Essays on Long Term Village Change and Recent Development Policy. Edited by Barbara Harriss‐White and S. Janakarajan The United States and the World Economy: Foreign Economic Policy for the Next Decade. Edited by C. Fred Bergsten International Environmental Law and Policy in Africa. Edited by Beatrice Chaytor and Kevin R. Gray Cultivating Development: An Ethnography of Aid Policy and Practice. By David Mosse The Frankenfood Myth: How Protest and Politics Threaten the Biotech Revolution. By Henry I. Miller and Gregory Conko     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Pro-Poor Aid Conditionality. By John P. Lewis Action in Africa: The Experience of People Involved in Government, Business and Aid. Edited by Douglas Rimmer Competitiveness, Convergence, and International Specialization. By D. Dollar and E. N. Wolff Cattle, Women and Wells: Managing Household Survival in the Sahel. By Camilla Toulmin Malawi: A Moment of Truth. By the Catholic Institute for International Relations Land, Food and Rural Development in North Africa. By M. Riad El-Ghonemy Sub-Saharan Africa: A Sub-Continent in Transition. Edited by Rukhsana A Energy Policy Analysis and Modelling. By Mohan Munasinghe and Peter Meier Regionalism and Rivalry: Japan and the United States in Pacific Asia. Edited by Jeffrey Frankel and Miles Kahler Development Partners: Aid and Cooperation in the 1990s. By Ismail Serageldin Greening International Law. Edited by Philippe Sands Small Firms and Development in Latin America: The Role of the Institutional Environment, Human Resources and Industrial Relations. Edited by Brigitte Späth     

Book Reviews

Book Reviewed in this issue. Global Trade and Poor Nations: The Poverty Impacts and Policy Implications of Liberalisation. Edited by B. M. Hoekman and M. Olarreaga. Globalization and Change in Asia. Edited by Dennis A. Rondinelli and John M. Heffron. Defining Poverty in the Developing World. By F. Stewart, R. Saith and B. Harriss‐White. Regulating Development: Evidence from Africa and Latin America. Edited by Amann Edmund. The Politics of Aid Selectivity: Good Governance Criteria in World Bank, US and Dutch Development Assistance. By Wil Hout. Good Governance and Development. By B. C. Smith. Decentralizing Governance: Emerging Concepts and Practices. Edited by G. Shabbir Cheema and Dennis A. Rondinelli. Mexican Immigration to the United States. Edited by George J. Borjas. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Tools for Institutional, Political and Social Analysis of Policy Reform. By Jeremy Holland and the World Bank. Integrated Water Resources Management: Global Theory, Emerging Practice and Local Needs. Edited by Peter P. Mollinga, Ajaya Dixit and Kusum Athukorala. Sharing Power: A Global Guide to Collaborative Management of Natural Resources. By G. Borrini‐Feyerabend, Michel Pimbert, M. Taghi Farvar, Ashish Kothari and Yves Renardet. African Anthropologies: History, Critique and Practice. Edited by Mwenda Ntarangwi, David Mills and Mustafa Babiker.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Structuralist Macroeconomics: Applicable Models for the Third World. By Lance Taylor. Protectionism and Industrial Decline. By Vincent Cable. Development Aid: A Guide to Facts and Issues. By Leelananda de Silva. International Organizations: A Dictionary and Directory. By Giuseppe Schiavone. Essays on the Political Economy of Rural Africa. By Robert H. Bates. African Islands and Enclaves. Edited by Robin Cohen. The Economies of West Africa. By Douglas Rimmer. Government and Politics in Africa. By William Tordoff. Nigerian Foreign Policy: Alternative Perceptions and Projections. Edited by Timothy M. Shaw and Olajide Aluko. The Political Economy of African Foreign Policy. Edited by Timothy M. Shaw and Olajide Aluko. Farming Systems in the Nigerian Savanna: Research and Strategies for Development. By David W. Norman, Emmy B. Simmons and Henry M. Hayes. Liberal Democracy and the Labour Reserve in Southern Africa. By Jack Parson. A Survey of Workers' Education Activities in Zimbabwe, 1980–1981. By M. J. Matshazi and C. Tillfors. Population, Development and Income Distribution-A Modelling Approach. By R. Scott Moreland. The Nature of Public Enterprise. By V. V. Ramanadham. Public Enterprise in the Developing World. Edited by V. V. Ramanadham. London and Sydney: Croom Helm, 1984. The Economy of India. By V. N. Balasubramaniam. Between Dependency and Autonomy: India's Experience with the International Computer Industry. By Joseph M. Grieco. The Open Economy and the World Economy: A Textbook in International Economics. By John Williamson. International Organizations. By Clive Archer. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux: Agricultural and Rural Impacts of the Lame Conventions Blacksmith, Baker, Roofing-sheet Maker…, Employment for Rural Women in Developing Countries. By Marilyn Carr. Small Business Promotion-Case Studies from Developing Countries. By Malcolm Harper and Kavil Ramachandran. Entrepreneurship for the Poor. By Malcolm Harper. Small Business in the Third World. By Malcolm Harper. The Social Cost of Small Families and Land Reform: A Case Study of the Wataita of Kenya. By George C. Mkangi. Burning Issues: Implementing Pilot Stoves Programmes: A Guide for Eastern Africa. By Stephen Joseph and Philip Hassrick. The New International Economic Order: An Overview. By P. N. Agarwala. Macroproject Development in the Third World: An Analysis of Transnational Partnerships. By Kathleen J. Murphy. National and International Aspects of Financial Policies in LDCs. Edited by Deena Khatkhate. Technology Choice and Change in Developing Countries: Internal and External Constraints. Edited by Barbara G. Lucas and Stephen Freedman. Social Psychology and Developing Countries. Edited by Frank Bladder. OAPEC: An International Organization for Economic Cooperation and an Instrument for Regional Integration. By Abdelkader Maachou. A Geography of the Third World. Contributors include John P. Dickenson. European Interests in ASEAN. By Stuart Harris and Brian Bridges. The Soviet Union and the Middle East in the 1980s: Opportunities, Constraints and Dilemmas. Edited by Mark V. Kauppi and R. Craig Nation. A line of Power. By Andrew Strathern.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Foreign Trade Reforms and Development Strategy. Edited by Jean-Marc Fontaine Diverse Paths of Economic Development. By Richard Pomfret Making a Difference: NGOs and Development in a Changing World. Edited by Michael Edwards and David Hulme Institutional Development & NGOs in Africa: Policy Perspectives for European Development Agencies. By Alan Fowler, with Piers Campbell and Brian Pratt Poverty, Natural Resources, and Public Policy in Central America. By Sheldon Annis et al Structural Adjustment and African Women Farmers. Edited by Christina H. Gladwin The Second Economy in Tanzania. By T. L. Maliyamkono and M. S. D. Bagachwa The Black Man's Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State. By Basil Davidson The Development Dictionary: A Guide to Knowledge as Power. Edited by Wolfgang Sachs The Poverty of Nations: A Guide to the Debt Crisis – From Argentina to Zaire. Edited by Elmar Altvater, Kurt Hubner, Jochen Lorentzen and Raúl Rojas Desertified Grasslands: Their Biology and Management. Edited by G. P. Chapman South-South Trade in Global Development. By Elizabeth Parsan Women and the Environment. By Annabel Rodda Practising Development: Social Science Perspectives. Edited by Johan Pottier Structural Adjustment and the African Farmer. Edited by Alex Duncan and John Howell Promise and Power: the Life and Times of Robert McNamara. By Deborah Shapley The Conditions of Agricultural Growth: The Economics of Agrarian Change under Population Pressure. By Ester Boserup     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Managing Third World Debt. Report of the Second Working Party established by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development. The Developing Country Debt Crisis. By David Lomax. Debt and Development Crises in Latin America: The End of An Illusion. By Stephany Griffith-Jones and Osvaldo Sunkel. The Common Agricultural Policy and the Less Developed Countries. By Alan Matthews. Strategic Trade Policy and the New International Economics. Edited by P.R. Krugman. Trade Policy, Protectionism and the Third World. By Michael Davenport. Changes on the Euphrates: Villagers, Townsmen and Employees in Northern Syria. By Annika Rabo. Agricultural Project Management: Monitoring and Control of Implementation. By Peter Smith. Food in Sub-Saharan AJrica. Edited by Art Hansen and Della E. McMillan. Accelerating Food Production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Edited by John W. Mellor, Christopher L. Delgado and Malcolm J. Blackie. Drought and Hunger in AJrica: Lknying Famine a Future. Edited by Michael H. Glantz. Agricultural Development in Southern Africa: Farm Household Economics and the Food Crisis. By Allan Low. World Recession and the Food Crisis in Africa. Edited by Peter Lawrence. Africa's Development Criris. By P. Ndegwa. Agrarian Change in Egypt: An Anatomy of Rural Poverty. By Samir Radwan and Eddy Lee. Swedish Development Aid in Perspective: Policies, Problems and Results since 1952. Edited by P. Fruhling. Agricultural Exports and Economic Growth — A Study of Botswana's Beef Indutry. By Michael Hubbard. The Guardian Third World Review: Voices from the South. Edited by Victoria Brittain and Michael Simmons. Rainwater Harvesting: The Collection of Rainfall and Runoff in Rural Areas. By Arnold Pacey with Adrian Cullis.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Bread and Stones: Leadership and the Struggle to Reform the United Nations World Food Programme. By James Ingram. The IMF, World Bank and Policy Reform. Edited by Alberto Paloni and Marizio Zanardi. The Samaritan's Dilemma: The Political Economy of Development Aid. By C. C. Gibson, K. Andersson, E. Ostrom and Sujai Shivakumar. International Migration, Remittances and the Brain Drain. Edited by Ça?lar Özden and Maurice Schiff. Migrants’ Remittances and Development: Myths, Rhetoric and Realities. By Bhimal Ghosh. Global Migration and the World Economy: Two Centuries of Policy and Performance. By Timothy J. Hatton and Jeffrey G. Williamson. National Security and Immigration: Policy Development in the United States and Western Europe Since 1945. By Christopher Rudolph. Human Development Report 2005: International Co‐operation at a Crossroads: Aid, Trade and Security in an Unequal World. By the United Nations Development Programme. Methods in Development Research: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Edited by J. Holland and J. Campbell. The New Development Economics: After the Washington Consensus. Edited by K. S. Jomo and Ben Fine. Reflexive Governance For Sustainable Development. Edited by Jan‐Peter Voβ, Dierk Bauknecht and René Kemp. Participatory Citizenship: Identity, Exclusion, Inclusion. Edited by Ranjita Mohanty and Rajesh Tandon. Development Economics and Social Justice: Essays in Honour of Ian Livingstone. By Michael Tribe, John Thoburn and Richard Palmer‐Jones. Managing Change in Local Governance. Edited by Munawwar Alam and Andrew Nickson. Savannas and Dry Forests: Linking People with Nature. Edited by Layalaxshmi Mistry and Andrea Berardi.