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Book reviewed in this article: Manufacturing Africa: Performance and Prospects of Seven Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa: Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe. By Roger C. Riddell with Peter Coughlin, Charles Harvey, Igor Karmiloff, Stephen Lewis Jr and Jennifer Sharpley Industry in Developing Countries: Theory, Policy and Evidence. By John Weiss Europe: 1992 and the Developing World. By Michael Davenport with Sheila Page Women in the Japanese Workplace. By Mary Saso After the Green Revolution: Sustainable Agriculture for Development. By G. R. Conway and E. B. Barbier The Third World Directory: A Guide to Organisations Working for Third World Development. By Shirley Giles Agricultural Policies for the 1990s. By S. Aziz Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Development. By Vandana Shiva A Reaction Too Far: Economic Theory and the Role of the State in Developing Countries. By Tony Killick The World in Need of Leadership: Tomorrow's United Nations. By Brian Urquhart and Erskine Childers Political Economy in the Twentieth Century. Edited by Maxine Berg International Current Awareness Services: Economics and Related Disciplines Public Policy and Economic Development: Essays in Honour of Ian Little. Edited by Maurice Scott and Deepak Lal. Regional Integration among Developing Countries. By Rolf J. Langhammer and Ulrich Hiemenz     

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Books reviewed: Paul Streeten, Globalisation: Threat or Opportunity? D. John Shaw, International Development Co‐operation: Selected Essays by H.W. Singer on Aid and the United Nations System. N.S.S. Narayana, Economic Policy and State Intervention: Selected Papers of T.N. Srinivasan. Martin Khor, Rethinking Globalization: Critical Issues and Policy Choices. William Easterly, The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics. Angus Maddison, The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective. Masahiko Aoki and Yujiro Hayami, Communities and Markets in Economic Development. Sheila Page and Adrian Hewitt, World Commodity Prices: Still a Problem for Developing Countries? J. McMahon, Trade and Agriculture: Negotiating a New Agreement? Chris Reij and Ann Waters‐Bayer, Farmer Innovation in Africa: A Source of Inspiration for Agricultural Development. J.S. Shortle and D.G. Abler, Environmental Policies for Agricultural Pollution Control. Robert Tripp, Seed Provision and Agricultural Development. Dorothy L. Hodgson, Rethinking Pastoralism in Africa: Gender, Culture, and the Myth of the Patriarchal Pastoralist. Shepard Forman and Patrick Stewart, Good Intentions: Pledges of Aid for Postconflict Recovery. Joanna Macrae, Aiding Recovery? The Crisis of Aid in Chronic Political Emergencies. Adrian Wood, Raymond Apthorpe and John Borton, Evaluating International Humanitarian Action: Reflections from Practitioners. Ondine Barrow and Michael Jennings, The Charitable Impulse: NGOs and Development in East and North‐East Africa. Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly and Thomas G. Weiss Ahead of the Curve? UN Ideas and Global Challenges. Carolyn Long, Participation of the Poor in Development Initiatives. Willem van Genugten and Camilo Perez‐Bustillo, The Poverty of Rights: Human Rights and the Eradication of Poverty. Stephen Devereux and Simon Maxwell, Food Security in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Deborah Eade and Ernst Ligteringen, Debating Development: NGOs and the Future. Nick Johnstone and Libby Wood, Private Firms and Public Water: Realising Social and Environmental Objectives in Developing Countries. Eberhard Kienle, A Grand Delusion: Democracy and Economic Reform in Egypt. Atul Kohli, The Success of India's Democracy.     

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Book reviewed in this article: India's Trade Policy and the Export Performance of Industry. By Pitou van Dijck and K. S. Chalpati Rao Redefining Conservatism: An Essay on the Bias in India's Economic Reform. By Narendar Pani India's Economic Future: Government, People and Attitudes. By V. V. Bhanoji Rao Miracle or Design? Lessons from the East Asian Experience. By Albert Fishlow, Catherine Gwin, Stephan Haggard, Dani Rodrik and Robert Wade The Political Economy of Foreign Policy in Southeast Asia. Edited by David Wurfel and Bruce Burton Africa's Multilateral Debt: A Modest Proposal. By the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development The New Frontier: Farmers' Response to Land Degradation - A West African Study. By Kojo Sebastian Amanor Economic Analysis of Environmental Impacts. By John A. Dixon, Louise Fallon Scura, Richard A. Carpenter, and Paul B. Sherman World Trade Reform: Do Developing Countries Gain or Lose? By Sheila Page and Michael Davenport     

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Adedji, Adebayo and Otite, O., Nigeria: Renewal from the Roots? The Struggle for Democratic Development Burnell, Peter, Foreign Aid in a Changing World Colchester, Marcus, Guyana Fragile Frontier: Loggers, Miners and Forest People Culpeper, Roy, Berry, Albert and Stewart, Frances (eds), Global Development Fifty Years after Bretton Woods Emmerij, Louis (ed.), Economic and Social Development into the XXI Century Francis, Paul (ed.), State, Community and Local Development in Nigeria Hjort-af-Ornäs, Anders (ed.), Approaching Nature from Local Communities Kapur, Devish, Lewis, John P. and Webb, Richard, The World Bank: Its First Half Century, Vols I & II Lukic, Reneo and Lynch, Allen, Europe from the Balkans to the Urals: The Disintegration of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union Rist, Gilbert, The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith Singh, Katar and Ballabh, Vishwa (eds), Cooperative Management of Natural Resources Skarstein, Rune, Development Theory: A Guide to Some Unfashionable Perspectives van Dijk, Meine Pieter and Rabellotti, Roberta (eds), Enterprise Clusters and Networks in Developing Countries     

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Book reviewed in this article: People, Plants and Patents. The Impact of Intellectual Property on Biodiversity, Conservation, Trade, and Rural Society. By the Crucible Group Biodiversity and Landscapes: A Paradox of Humanity. Edited by K. E. Chung Kim and R. Weaver The Flexible Economy: Causes and Consequences of the Adaptability of National Economies. Edited by Tony Killick Inducing Food Insecurity: Perspectives on Food Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa. Edited by M. A. Mohammed Salih How Developing Countries Trade: The Institutional Constraints. By Sheila Page Research with a View to Implementation. By D. J. Gouws Case Studies in Research with a View to Implementation. Edited by D. J. Gouws Energy Taxation and Economic Growth. By Adam Seymour and Robert Mabro Africa: The Challenge of Transformation. By Stephen McCarthy Privatisation Experiences in African and Asian Countries. Edited by Miene Pieter van Dijk and Nico G. Schulte Nordholt The Nile: Sharing a Scarce Resource. A Historical and Technical Review of Water Management and of Economic and Legal Issues. Edited by P. P. Howell and J. A. Allan Sharing the Ganges: the Politics and Technology of River Development. By Ben Crow, with Alan Lindquist and David Wilson Sociology, Anthropology and Development: An Annotated Bibliography of World Bank Publications 1975–1993. By Michael Cernea Third World Democratization? A Partly Annotated Bibliography of Recent Literature. By Svend Erik Lindberg-Hansen Finance for the Poor Man's Business. Edited by Maria Otero and Elizabeth Rhyne The Reality of Aid 1995. Edited by Judith Randel and Tony German GATT Uruguay Round, Developing Countries and Trade in Services. By Neela Mukherjee The Experience of Poverty: Fighting for Respect and Resources in Village India. By Tony Beck Introduction to Development Economics, 3rd edition. By Subrata Ghatak Privatisation Policy and Performance: International Perspectives. Edited by P. Cook and C. Kirkpatrick Countrysides at Risk, The Political Geography of Sustainable Agriculture. By R. L. Paarlberg Environment, Development, Agriculture: Integrated Policy through Human Ecology. By Bernhard Glaeser     

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Book reviewed in this article: A World of Difference: A New Framework for Development Co-operation in the 1990s Solidarity Against Poverty. A Socialist Program from Holland. Edited by Nico Schrijver and C. Paulien van der Tempel Labour Transfer and Economic Development: Theoretical Perspectives and Case Studies from Iran. By Hassan Hakimian Theory and Practice in Plantation Agriculture: An Economic Review. By Mary Tiffen and Michael Mortimore Africa Beyond Famine. A Report to the Club of Rome. Edited by Aklilu Lemma and Pentti Malaska The Food Question: Profits versus People? Edited by Henry Bernstein et al. The Rise and Decline of the Nation-State. Edited by Michael Mann Literacy and Power – The Latin American Battleground. Edited by David Archer and Patrick Costello Development Dilemmas in Rural Thailand. By Philip Hirsch Promoting Private Enterprise in Developing Countries. Paris No Life Without Roots – Culture and Development. By Thierry G. Verhelst Biotechnology and the Future of World Agriculture. Edited by Henk Hobbelink Banking on the Rural Poor. By David S. Gibbons and Sukor Kasim Family, Household and Gender Relations in Latin America. Edited by Elizabeth Jelin Third World Cooperation: The Group of 77 in UNCTAD. By Marc Williams The GATT Uruguay Round: Effects on Developing Countries. By Sheila Page with Michael Davenport and Adrian Hewitt Macroeconomic Policies in an Interdependent World. Edited by Ralph C. Bryant, David A. Currie, Jacob A. Frenkel, Paul R. Masson and Richard Portes US–Mexican Industrial Integration: The Road to Free Trade. Edited by Sidney Weintraub with Luis Rubio F. and Alan D. Jones Philippines: The Land of Broken Promises. By James B. Goodno     

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Bergström, Villy (ed.), Government and Growth Cox, Aidan and Koning, Antonique with Hewitt, Adrian, Howell, John and Marr, Ana, Understanding European Community Aid: Aid Policies, Management and Distribution Explained Dasgupta, Partha and Maler, Kari-Goran (eds), The Environment and Emerging Development Issues, Volumes 1 and 2 Dickson, Anna K., Development and International Relations: A Critical Introduction Fisher, Thomas and Mahajan, Vijay with Singha, Ashok, The Fogotten Sector: Non-Farm Employment and Enterprise in Rural India Kikula, Idris, S., Policy Implications on Environment: The Case of Villagisation in Tanzania Malinvaud, Edmond et al., Development Strategy and Management of the Market Economy: Vol. I Maxfield, Sylvia, Gatekeepers of Growth: The International Political Economy of Central Banking in Developing Countries Székely, István P. and Sabot, Richard (eds), Development Strategy and Management of the Market Economy: Vol. II Wahid, Abu N.M. (ed.), The Asean Region in Transition: A Socioeconomic Perspective Wilson, Frank (ed.), Towards Sustainable Project Development     

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Auty, R.M. and Toye, J. (eds) Challenging the Orthodoxies Bamberger, Michael, Yahie, Abdullahi M. and Matovu, George (eds) The Design and Management of Poverty Reduction Programs and Projects in Anglophone Africa Culpeper, Roy Titans or Behemoths? Edwards, Michael and Hulme, David (eds) Beyond the Magic Bullet: NGO Performance and Accountability in the Post-Cold War World English, E. Philip and Mule, Harris M. The African Development Bank Fry, Maxwell, J., Goodhart, Charles, A. E. and Almeida, Alvaro Central Banking in Developing Countries Gilpin, Alan Dictionary of Environment and Sustainable Development Hadjimichael, Michael T., Nowak, Michael, Sharer, Robert, Tahari, Amor and a Staff Team from the IMF African Department Adjustment for Growth: the African Experience Hardy, Chandra The Caribbean Development Bank Hilling, David Transport and Developing Countries Kappagoda, Nihal, The Asian Development Bank King, Kenneth, Jua Kali Kenya: Change and Development in an Informal Economy 1970–95 Lal, Deepak and Myint, H. The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth Mishra, Pramod K. Agricultural Risk, Insurance and Income: A Study of the Impact and Design of India’s Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme Ndulu, Benno and van de Walle, Nicholas (eds) Agenda for Africa’s Economic Renewal Raffer, Kunibert and Singer, H.W. The Foreign Aid Business: Economic Assistance and Development Co-operation Roeleveld, A.C.W. and van den Brook, A. (eds) Focusing Livestock Systems Research Simon, David Transport and Development in the Third World Tussie, Diana The Inter-American Development Bank     

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Book reviewed in this article: New Seeds and Poor People. By Michael Lipton and Richard Longhurst Modernising Hunger: Famine, Food Surplus and Farm Policies in the EEC and Africa. By Philip Raikes Agriculture in the GATT: An Analysis of Alternative Approaches to Reform. By Joachim Zietz and Alberto Valdès The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community: Principles and Consequences. By Julius Rosenblatt et al. The Open Economy: Tools For Policymakers in Developing Countries. Edited by Rudiger Dornbusch and F. Leslie C. H. Helmers Seeds and Sovereignty: the Use and Control of Plant Genetic Resources. Edited by Jack R. Kloppenburg, Jr.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Political Economy of Policy Reform in Developing Countries. By Anne O. Krueger The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World. By Stephen Castles and Mark J. Miller Oil Trade: Politics and Prospects. By J. E. Hartshorn Range Ecology at Disequilibrium. Edited by Roy Behnke, Jr. Ian Scoones and Carol Kerven Debt, Adjustment and Poverty in Developing Countries: Vol 1. National and International Dimensions of Debt and Adjustment in Developing Countries; Vol. II. The Impact of Debt and Adjustment at the Household Level in Developing Countries. By David Woodward Dignity and Daily Bread: New Forms of Economic Organising Among Poor Women in the Third World and the First. Edited by Sheila Rowbotham and Swasti Mitter Women in Developing Economies: Making Visible the Invisible. Edited by Joycelin Massiah Women and Change in the Caribbean. Edited by Janet H. Momsen Where Women are Leaders: the SEWA Movement in India. By Kalima Rose The Many Faces of National Security in the Arab World. Edited by Baghat Korany, Paul Noble and Rex Bryden The Middle East and Problems of Democracy. By Heather Deegan Cultivating Knowledge: Genetic Diversity, Farmer Experimentation and Crop Research. [Edited by] Walter de Boef, Kojo Amanor and Kate Wellard, with Anthony Bebbington Development Projects as Policy Experiments: An Adaptive Approach to Development Administration. By Dennis A. Rondinelli     

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Alexandratos, Nikos (ed.) World Agriculture: Towards 2010. An FAO Study Apffel-Marglin, Frédérique and Marglin, Stephen A. (eds) Decolonizing Knowledge: From Development to Dialogue Brown, Lester R. Tough Choices. Facing the Challenge of Food Scarcity Brown, Lester R. Who Will Feed China? Wake-Up Call for a Small Planet Brown, Lester R., Renner, Michael and Flavin, Christopher Vital Signs 1997 Datt, Gaurav Bargaining Power, Wages and Employment: An Analysis of Agricultural Labour Markets in India Eyzaguirre, Pablo Agriculture and Environmental Research in Small Countries FAO The Sixth World Food Survey Garnaut, Ross, Shutian, Guo and Guonan, Ma (eds) The Third Revolution in the Chinese Countryside Georgiou, Stavros, Whittington, Dale, Pearce, David and Moran, Dominic Economic Values and the Environment in the Developing World Hermes, Niels and Lensink, Robert (eds) Financial Development and Economic Growth: Theories and Experiences from Developing Countries Howe, John Transport for the Poor or Poor Transport? Hulme, David and Edwards, Michael (eds) NGOs, States and Donors: Too Close for Comfort? International Food Policy Research Institute, A 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment Laothamatas, Anek (ed.) Democratization in Southeast and East Asia Ling, Zhu and Zhongyi, Jiang Public Works and Poverty Alleviation in Rural China MacPherson, Stewart and Cheng, Joseph Y.S. (eds) Economic and Social Development in South China Manzungu, Emmanuel and van der Zaag, Pieter (eds) The Practice of Smallholder Irrigation: Case Studies from Zimbabwe Mitchell, Donald O., Ingco, Merlinda D. and Duncan, Ronald C. The World Food Outlook Peebles, Gavin and Wilson, Peter The Singapore Economy Rapley, John Understanding Development: Theory and Practice in the Third World Roett, Riordan (ed.) The Mexican Peso Crisis: International Perspectives Schelhas, J. and Greenberg, Russell (eds) Forest Patches in Tropical Landscapes Schlyter, Ann (ed.) A Place to Live: Gender Research on Housing in Africa Sumberg, J. and Okali, C. Farmers’ Experiments: Creating Local Knowledge Worldwatch Institute The State of the World 1997 Young, E.M. World Hunger Yugandhar, B.N. (ed.) Land Reforms in India. Vol. 3: Andhra Pradesh — People’s Pressure and Administrative Innovations     

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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     

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Arase, David, Buying Power: The Political Economy of Japan’s Foreign Aid Berger, Suzanne and Lester, Richard K. (eds), Made by Hong Kong Bunders, Joske, Haverkort, Bertus and Hiemstra, Wim (eds), Biotechnology: Building on Farmers’ Knowledge Chossudovsky, Michael, The Globalisation of Poverty: The Impact of IMF and World Bank Reforms Enright, Michael T., Scott, Edith E. and Dodwell, David, The Hong Kong Advantage Hatch, Walter and Yamamura, Kozo, Asia in Japan’s Embrace: Building a Regional Production Alliance Merrett, Stephen, Introduction to the Economics of Water Resources: An International Perspective McCormick, Dorothy and Pederson, Paul (eds), Small Enterprises: Flexibility and Networking in an African Context Patel, Chandra K. (ed.), Fiscal Reform in the Least Developed Countries Patel, Chandra K. and Gayi, Samuel (eds), Trade Diversification in the Least Developed Countries Schätzl, Ludwig H., Wessel, Karin and Lee, Yong-Woo, Regional Development and Decentralization Policy in South Korea Söderberg, Marie (ed.), The Business of Japanese Foreign Aid UNDP, Human Development Report 1996 Werner, David and Sanders, David with Weston, Jason, Babb, Steve and Rodriguez, Bill, Questioning the Solution: The Politics of Primary Health Care and Child Survival with an In-Depth Critique of Oral Rehydration Therapy     

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Book reviewed in this article: Structural Adjustment and the Environment. Edited by David Reed, WWF-International South-South Trade Preferences: The GSTP and Trade in Manufactures. Edited by Hans Linnemann. Indo-Dutch Studies on Development Alternatives 9. New Delhi The Changing Geography of China. By Frank Leeming. Institute of British Geographers Studies in Geography The CGIAR in Transition: Implications for the Poor, Sustainability and the National Research Systems. By Helle Munk Ravnborg The Nature of Development – A Report from the Rural Tropics on the Quest for Sustainable Economic Growth. By Roger D. Stone Reformism and Revisionism in Africa's Political Economy in the 1990s: The Dialectics of Adjustment. By Timothy M. Shaw Liberalizing Tanzania's Food Trade: Public and Private Faces of Urban Marketing Policy 1939–1988. By Deborah Fahy Bryceson Technological Innovation and Third World Multinationals. By Paz Estrella E. Tolentino Instruments of Economic Policy in Africa. London and Dakar: James Currey with the African Centre for Monetary Studies and the Association of African Central Banks Debt-Conversion Schemes in Africa: Lessons from the Experience of Developing Countries. London and Dakar: James Currey with the Association of African Central Banks Going-it Alone: Female-headed Households, Rights and Resources in Rural Bangladesh. By David J. Lewis with Marion Glaser, J. Allister McGregor, Sarah C. White and Geoffrey D. Wood International Current Awareness Services (ICAS): Economics, Political Science, Anthropology, Sociology. Compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science, London School of Economics The European Community and the Developing Countries. By Enzo R. Grilli Privatization and Liberalization in the Middle East. Edited by Iliya Harik and Denis J. Sullivan Economic Progress and Prospects in the Third World: Lessons of Development Experience since 1945. By H. W. Singer and Sumit Roy Trading with South Africa: The Policy Options for the EC. By Sheila Page and Christopher Stevens     

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Books reviewed in this article: Peter Kenen, The International Financial Architecture: What's New? What's Missing? Servaas Storm and C. W. M. Naastepad (eds.), Globalization and Economic Development: Essays in Honour of J. George Waardenburg Alain Durand–Lasserve and Lauren Royston (eds.), Holding Their Ground: Secure Land Tenure for the Urban Poor in Developing Countries The United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Cities in a Globalizing World: Global Report on Human Settlements 2001 Christian Grootaert and Thierry van Bastelaer (eds.), The Role of Social Capital in Development: An Empirical Assessment Tony Hodges, Angola from Afro–Stalinism to Petro–Diamond Capitalism Minu Hemmati (ed.), Multi–Stakeholder Processes for Governance and Sustainability: Beyond Deadlock and Conflict Dirk Hansohm, Christian Peters–Berries, Willie Breytenbach and Peter Meyns (eds.), Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook, Vol. 1 (2001) Bertin Martens, Uwe Mummert, Peter Murrell, Paul Seabright and Elinor Ostrom, The Institutional Economics of Foreign Aid Melanie Gow (ed.),A Safe World for Children: Ending Abuse, Violence and Exploitation Moses Dombo, Joe Muwonge and Don Brandt, HIV/AIDS and Human Development in Africa Dele Olowu, Decentralization Policies and Practices under Structural Adjustment and Democratization in Africa     

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Frankel, Jeffrey, A., The Regionalization of the World Economy Fowler, Alan, Striking a Balance: A Guide to Enhancing the Effectiveness of Non-Governmental Organizations in International Development Gosling, Louisa with Edwards, Mike, Toolkits: A Practical Guide to Assessment, Monitoring, Review and Evaluation Haddad, Lawrence (ed.), Achieving Food Security in Southern Africa. New Challenges, New Opportunities Ito, Takatoshi and Krueger, Anne O. (eds), Regionalism versus Multilateral Trade Arrangements Kirkpatrick, Colin and Weiss, John (eds), Cost-Benefit Analysis and Project Appraisal in Developing Countries Riddell, Roger C., Kruse, Stein-Erik, Kyllönen, Timo, Ojanperä, Satu and Vielajus, Jean-Louis, Searching for Impact and Methods: NGO Evaluation Synthesis Study Sijm, Jos, Food Security and Policy Interventions in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessions from the Past Two Decades Thurston, H. David, Slash/Mulch Systems: Sustainable Methods for Tropical Agriculture Werbner, Richard and Ranger, Terence (eds), Postcolonial Identities in Africa Wilson, F. (ed.), Towards Sustainable Project Development     

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Book reviewed in this article: Economic Evaluation and the Environment. By Charles Cooper. Ecodevelopment. By Robert Riddell Explorations in Natural Resource Economics. Edited by V. Kerry Smith and John V. Krutilla. The Endless Day: Some Case Material on Asian Rural Women. Edited by T.S. Epstein and R. Watts. Village Women of Bangladesh: Prospect for Change. By T.A. Abdullah and S. Zeidenstein. Profiles in Female Poverty: A Study of Five Poor Working Women in Kerala. By Leela Gulati. International Economic Integration. Edited by Ali M. El-Agraa. David Livingstone Institute Series on Choice of Technique in Developing Countries. Edited by Eric Rahim. Vol. 1: Brewing in Developing Countries. By James Keddie and William Cleghorn. Vol. 2: Choice of Technique in Maize Milling. By S. J. Uhlig and B. A. Bhat. Vol. 3: Brick Manufacture in Developing Countries. By J. Keddie and W. Cleghorn. Vol. 4: Choice of Technique in Leather Manufacture. By M. M. Huq and H. Aragaw. Vol. 5: Choice of Technique in Bolt and Nut Manufacture. By N. S. McBain and S. J. Uhlig. Vol. 6: Choice of Technology in the Production of Cotton Cloth. By J. Pickett and R. Robson. Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation. By Amartya Sen. International Trade Regulation. By Edmond McGovern. RAMSES 1982, The State of the World Economy: Annual Report by the French Institute for International Relations. The Other Face of OPEC: Financial Assistance to the Third World. By Ibrahim F. I. Shihata. South-South Relations in a Changing World Order. Edited by Jerker Carlsson. Multinationals from Developing Countries. Edited by Krishna Kumar and Maxwell G. McLeod. Energy Planning for Developing Countries: A Study of Bangladesh. By R. J. de Lucia, H. D. Jacoby et al. Economic Development: An Introduction. By Clarence Zuvekas. Disparities in Economic Development Since the Industrial Revolution. Edited by Paul Bairoch and Maurice Levy-Leboyer. The Geography of Multinationals. Edited by Michael Taylor and Nigel Thrift.     

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Book reviewed in this issue. Our Money, Our Responsibility: A Citizens' Guide to Monitoring Government Expenditures. By V. Ramkumar. World Poverty and Human Rights: Cosmopolitan Responsibilities and Reforms. By Thomas Pogge. Taxation and State‐Building in Developing Countries: Capacity and Consent. Edited by Deborah Brautigam, Odd‐Helge Fjeldstad and Mick Moore. Ethics of Global Development: Agency, Capability, and Deliberative Democracy. By David A. Crocker. An Introduction to Sustainable Development. By Peter P. Rogers, Kazi F. Jalal and John A. Boyd. The Current Negotiations in the WTO: Options, Opportunities and Risks for Developing Countries. By Bhagirath Lal Das. Commodity Prices and Development. Edited by S. Newton and R. Grynberg. WTO Negotiations on Agriculture and Developing Countries. By Anwarul Hoda and Ashok Gulati. Expanding Frontiers of Global Trade Rules: The Political Economy Dynamics of the International Trading System. By Nitya Nanda. Policy Windows and Livelihood Futures: Prospects for Poverty Reduction in Rural India. Edited by John Farrington, Priya Deshingkar, Craig Johnson and Daniel Start. Indigenous Routes: A Framework for Understanding Indigenous Migration. By Carlos Yescas Trujano. Migration and Remittances Factbook 2008. By the World Bank. Social Protection for the Poor and Poorest: Risk, Needs and Rights. Edited by Armando Barrientos and David Hulme. Growth Divergences: Explaining Differences in Economic Performance. Edited by José Antonio Ocampo, K. S. Jomo and Rob Vos. Sub‐Saharan Africa: Forging New Trade Links with Asia. By K. Carey, S. Gupta and U. Jacoby. The Least Developed Countries Report 2008: Growth, Poverty and the Terms of Development Partnership. Prepared by the UNCTAD Secretariat.     

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Development Planning and Poverty Reduction. Edited by David Potts, Patrick Ryan and Anna Toner Global Civil Society? By John Keane Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor. By Paul Farmer, with a foreword by Amartya Sen Developing Capacity Through Technical Cooperation: Country Experiences. Edited by Stephen Browne Understanding Environmental Policy Processes: Cases from Africa. By James Keeley and Ian Scoones Imagine There's No Country: Poverty, Inequality and Growth in the Era of Globalisation. By Surjit S. Bhalla Developing Agricultural Trade: New Roles for Government in Poor Countries. By Michael Hubbard Reintegrating India with the World Economy. By T. N. Srinivasan and Suresh D. Tendulkar The IMF and Economic Development. By James Raymond Vreeland Uniting a Divided City: Governance and Social Exclusion in Johannesburg. By Jo Beall, Owen Crankshaw and Susan Parnell Poverty in America: A Handbook. By John Iceland Corporate Capitalism in Contemporary South Asia: Conventional Wisdoms and South Asian Realities. Edited by Ananya Mukherjee Reed     

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Books reviewed in this article: Megnad Desai, Marx's Revenge: The Resurgence of Capitalism and the Death of Statist Socialism Boel Berner and Per Trulsson (eds.), Manoeuvring in an Environment of Uncertainty: Structural Change and Social Action in Sub‐Saharan Africa Maria H. Brons, Society, Security, Sovereignty and the State in Somalia: From Statelessness to Statelessness? Oliver Morrissey and Michael Tribe (eds.), Economic Policy and Manufacturing Performance in Developing Countries Naila Kabeer, The Power to Choose: Bangladeshi Women and Labour Market Decisions in London and Dhaka Michael Edwards and Alan Fowler (eds.), The Earthscan Reader on NGO Management Theodore H. Moran, Parental Supervision: The New Paradigm for Foreign Direct Investment and Development Michael T. Rock, Pollution Control in East Asia: Lessons from Newly Industrializing Economies Holger Bernt Hansen and Michael Twaddle (eds.), Christian Missionaries and the State in the Third World Jeffrey James, Technology, Globalization and Poverty Derek Byerlee and Ruben G. Echeverria (eds.), Agricultural Policy in an Era of Privatization B. Mak Arvin (ed.), New Perspectives on Foreign Aid and Economic Development Stephen J.H. Dearden (ed.), The European Union and the Commonwealth Caribbean Samir Rihani, Complex System Theory and Development Practice: Understanding Non‐Linear Realities Douglas S. Massey, Jorge Durand and Nolan J. Malone, Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration Sylvia Chan, Liberalism, Democracy and Development Sherry Stephenson, Christopher Findlay and Soonhwa Yi (eds.), Services Trade Liberalisation and Facilitation Janelle Plummer, Focusing Partnerships: A Sourcebook for Municipal Capacity Building in Public‐Private Partnerships The Panos Institute, Reducing Poverty: Is the World Bank's Strategy Working?