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     

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Book reviewed in this article: Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Environmental Impoverishment and the Crisis of Development. By Bruce Rich Agriculture, Projects and Development: Papers in Honour of David Edwards. Edited by J. D. MacArthur and J. Weiss The Economics of Project Appraisal and the Environment. Edited by John Weiss Rethinking Technical Cooperation: Reforms for Capacity Building in Africa. Co-ordinated by Elliot J. Berg World Food Aid: Experiences of Recipients and Donors. Edited by John Shaw and Edward Clay Making Democracy Work: A Framework for Macro Economic Policy in South Africa. By the Macro Economic Research Group (MERG) Challenging the Professions: Frontiers for Rural Development. By Robert Chambers Inquiry at the Grassroots. Edited by William Glade and Charles A. Reilly Sowing Beyond the State: NGOs and Seed Supply in Developing Countries. By Elizabeth Cromwell and Steve Wiggins with Sondra Wentzel The Politics of Global Debt. Edited by Stephen P. Riley Data for Agrarian Development. By C. D. Poate and P. F. Daplyn Participatory Rural Appraisal: Methodology and Applications. By Neela Mukherjee Exposed to Innumerable Delusions: Public Enterprise and State Power in Egypt, India, Mexico and Turkey. By John Waterbury Seed and Surplus: An Illustrated Guide to the World Food System. By Bertrand Delpeuch Indebted Development: Strategic Bargaining and Economic Adjustment in the Third World. By Howard P. Lehman Change in South Africa. Edited by J. E. Spence The Poverty of Nations: The Aid Dilemma at the Heart of Africa. By James Morton     

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Book reviewed in this article: Aid and Power: The World Bank and Policy-based Lending. By Paul Mosley, Jane Harrigan and John Toye Development Research: The Environmental Challenge. Edited by James T. Winpenny The Challenge to the South. Report of the South Commission Region to Region Co-operation Between Developed and Developing Countries: The Potential for Mini-NIEO. By Kimmo Kiljunen The Real Economy of Zaire. Edited by Janet MacGaffey Development and Democracy in the Third World. By Abbas Pourgerami Democracy, Dictatorship and Development: Economic Development in Selected Regimes of the Third World. By Georg Sørensen Quantitative Methods for Trade-Barrier Analysis. By Sam Laird and Alexander Yeats State Administered Rural Change: Agricultural Co-operatives in Rural Kenya. By Björn Gyllström The World Trading System at Risk. By Jagdish Bhagwati Japanese Economic Development: Theory and Practice. By Penelope Francks At the Desert's Edge. Oral Histories from the Sahel. Edited by Nigel Cross and Rhiannon Barker The Trade Trap: Poverty and the Global Commodity Markets. By Belinda Coote     

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Book reviewed in this article: Poverty and the Planet: A Question of Survival. By Ben Jackson Transport Planning for Third World Cities. Edited by Harry T. Structural Change in the World Economy. Edited by Allan Webster and John H. Making the Link: Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer in Developing Countries. Edited by D. Kaimowitz Developing Countries and the World Trading System, 2 vols. Edited by John Whalley The Golden Age of Capitalism: Reinterpreting the Postwar Experience. Edited by Stephen Marglin and Juliet Schor     

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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 article: Rethinking Development. Essays on Development and Southeast Asia. By P. W. Preston Food Aid: The Challenge and the Opportunity. By Hans Singer, John Wood and Tony Jennings Internal Migration and Urbanisation in Developing Countries. Findings from a Study of Ghana. By R. K. Kasanga and M. R. Avis Trade from Aid: A Guide to Opportunities from EEC Funding in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Edited by Carol Cosgrove and James McLeod The Arab Gulf States and Japan. Edited by Walid Sharif Changes in China. By Nora Stettner and Bert Oram Prospects for Africa. An Africa Review Group report Development Policies: Sociological Perspectives. Edited by Anthony Hall and James Midgley Macro-Policies for Appropriate Technology in Developing Countries. Edited by Frances Stewart Village Republics – Economic Conditions for Collective Action in South India. By Robert Wade The Women's Question and the Modes of Human Reproduction. An Analysis of a Tanzanian Village. By Uila Vuorela Women and Environment in the Third World: Alliance for the Future. By Irene Dankelman and Joan Davidson Peasant Economics: Farm Households and Agrarian Development. By Frank Ellis Deforestation: Social Dynamics in Watersheds and Mountain Ecosystems. Edited by J. Ives and D. C. Pitt Developing Countries in the GATT Legal System. By Robert E. Hudec Power from the People: Innovation, User Participation, and Forest Energy Development. By Matthew S. Gamser The State and Agricultural Development in Egypt since 1973. By Simon Commander     

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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     

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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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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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Books reviewed in this article: Oil: Politics, Poverty and the Planet. By Toby Shelley Reclaiming the Land: The Resurgence of Rural Movements in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Edited by Sam Moyo and Paris Yeros Managing Services. Edited by Alan Nankervis Backwaters of Global Prosperity: How Forces of Globalization and GATT/WTO Trade Regimes Contribute to the Marginalization of the World's Poorest Nations. By Caf Dowlah The Economics of Microfinance. By Beatriz Armendariz de Aghion and Jonathan Morduch The Coffee Paradox: Global Markets, Commodity Trade and the Elusive Promise of Development. By Benoit Daviron and Stefano Ponte Rich Country, Poor Country: The Multinational as Change Agent. By Benjamin F. Bobo Plantations, Privatization, Poverty and Power: Changing Ownership and Management of State Forests. Edited by Mike Garforth and James Mayers Capitalism, Democracy and Welfare. By Torben Iversen     

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Book reviewed in this article: Class, Ethnicity and Democracy in Nigeria: the Failure of the First Republic. By Larry Diamond Democracy and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria: The Rise and Fall of the Second Republic. By Richard A. Joseph The Nigerian State: Political Economy, State, Class and Political System in the Post-Colonial Era. By William D. Graf The State and Rural Economic Transformation: the Case of the Punjab 1950–1985. By G. K. Chadha Popular Struggles in South Africa. Edited by William Cobbett and Robin Cohen After Apartheid: Renewal of the South African Economy. Edited by John Suckling and Landeg White The Enterprise Initiative - Promoting Growth in Developing Countries. By Peter Young India's International Payments Imbalances. By Neela Mukherjee Poverty, Policy, and Food Security in Southern Africa. Edited by Coralie Bryant The Gene Hunters: Biotechnology and the Scramble for Seeds. By Calestous Juma Squandering Eden: Africa at the Edge. By Mort Rosenblum and Doug Williamson Preventing Famine: Policies and Prospects for Africa. By Donald Curtis, Michael Hubbard and Andrew Shepherd Project Monitoring and Evaluation in Agriculture. By Dennis J. Casley and Krishna Kumar The Collection, Analysis, and Use of Monitoring and Evaluation Data. By Dennis J. Casley and Krishna Kumar Democracy in Developing Countries, Volume Two: Africa. Edited by Larry Diamond, Juan J. Linz and Seymour Martin Lipset Practical Economics for the Real Economist. By Peter Bowbrick Organizing Development Through Participation. Co-operative Organization and Services for Land Settlement. By Liam E. Pickett Women, Development and Change: The Third World Experience. Edited by M. Francis Abraham and P. Subhadra Abraham A Home Divided: Women and Income in the Third World, Edited by D. Dwyer and J. Bruce The Political Economy of Chinese Socialism. By Mark Selden World Resources, 1988–89, World Resources Institute     

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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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Book reviewed in this article: State Policies and Internal Migration: Studies in Market and Planted Economics. (An ILO-WEP study.) Edited by A.S. Oberai. The Management of the World Economy. By Evan Luard. Agriculture, Poverty and Freedom in Developing Countries. By Eric Clayton. International Capital Movements. Edited by John Black and John H. Dunning. General Equilibrium Models for Development Policy. By Kemal Dervis, Jaime de Melo and Sherman Robinson. Multinational Corporations, Technology and Employment. By Edward K.Y. Chen. Inequalising Trade? By John Spraos. Manual for Training in Rural Development Planning. By Hiran D. Dias and B.W.E. Wickramanayake. Planning for Agricultural Development. By J.A. Mollett.     

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.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Monetary Policy in Developing Countries. Edited by Sheila Page Reluctant Partners? Non-Governmental Organizations, the State and Sustainable Agricultural Development. By John Farrington and Anthony Bebbington with Kate Wellard and David J. Lewis Non-Governmental Organizations and the State in Africa: Rethinking Roles in Sustainable Agricultural Development. Edited by Kate Wellard and James G. Copestake Non-Governmental Organizations and the State in Asia: Rethinking Roles in Sustainable Agricultural Development. Edited by John Farrington and David J. Lewis Non-Governmental Organizations and the State in Latin America: Rethinking Roles in Sustainable Agricultural Development. By Anthony Bebbington and Graham Thiele with Penelope Davies, Martin Prager and Hernando Riveros Burning Questions: Environmental Limits to Energy Growth in Asian-Pacific Countries during the 1990s. Edited by K. V. Ramani, Peter Hills and Grace George Energy Management in Africa. Edited by M. R. Bhagavan and S. Karekezi Energy for Rural Development. Edited by M. R. Bhagavan and Stephen Karekezi Wasting the Rain: Rivers, People and Planning in Africa. By W. M. Adams     

New Themes in Urban Development

Book reviewed in this article: People, Poverty and Shelter: Problems of Self-Help Housing in the Third World. Edited by R. J. Skinner and M. J. Rodell. Urban Land and Shelter for the Poor. By Patrick McAuslan. Women in the Cities of Asia. Edited by James T. Fawcett, Siew-Ean Khoo and Peter C. Smith. Spatial, Environmental and Resource Policy in the Developing Countries. Edited by Manas Chatterji, Peter Nijkamp, T. R. Lakshmanan, and C. R. Pathak.     

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Book reviewed in this article: First World, Third World. By Sir William Ryrie. Developing Nations and the Politics of Global Integration. By Stephan Haggard The Politics of Population: Cairo 1994. By Stanley Johnson The Cambridge Survey of World Migration. Edited by Robin Cohen Multilateral Development Banks: An Assessment of their Financial Structures, Policies and Practices. By Percy S. Mistry Transforming Agrarian Economies: Opportunities Seized, Opportunities Missed. By Thomas P. Tomich, Peter Kilby, and Bruce F. Johnston A Guide to Social Analysis for Projects in Developing Countries. By the UK Overseas Development Administration Trade, Aid and Global Interdependence. By George Cho Social Development: The Developmental Perspective in Social Welfare. By James Midgley Trading with the Environment: Ecology, Economics, Institutions and Policy. By Thomas Andersson, Carl Folke, and Stefan Nyström Doctrines of Development. By M. P. Cowen and R. W. Shenton Informal Sector in India. Edited by P. M. Mathew Trade Policies and Developing Nations. By Anne O. Krueger Agriculture on the Road to Industrialization. Edited by John W. Mellor Improving Food Security: A Guide for Rural Development Managers. By Michael Hubbard Human Resources Development: Experiences, Interventions, Strategies. By T. V. Rao ASEAN and Korea: Emerging Issues in Trade and Investment Relations. Edited by Daljit Singh and Reza Y. Siregar     

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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: 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     

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Books reviewed in this article: Overcoming Stagnation in Aid‐Dependent Countries. By Nicolas van de Walle. The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time. By Jeffrey D. Sachs. Controlling Immigration: A Global Perspective. Edited by Wayne A. Cornelius, Takeyuki Tsuda, Philip L. Martin and James F. Holliefield. Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition. By Bent Flyvbjerg, Nils Bruzelius, and Werner Rothengatter. Unity and Diversity in Development Ideas: Perspectives from the UN Regional Commissions. Edited by Yves Berthelot. In Search of Sustainable Livelihood Systems: Managing Resources and Change. By Ruedi Baumgartner and Ruedi Högger. Governance on the Ground: Innovations and Discontinuities in Cities of the Developing World. Edited by Patricia L. McCarney and Richard E. Stern. The New Face of Environmental Management in India. By Aparna Sawhney. Trade Policy Reforms in Latin America: Multilateral Rules and Domestic Institutions. Edited by Miguel F. Lengyel and Vivianne Ventura‐Dias. Slum Upgrading and Participation: Lessons from Latin America. By Ivo Imparato and Jeff Ruster. Decentralisation in Indonesia: Redesigning the State. By Mark Turner and Owen Podger with Maria Sumardjono and Wayan K. Tirthayasa. The Politics of NGOs in Indonesia: Developing Democracy and Managing a Movement. By Bob S. Hadiwinata. Dignity Counts: A Guide to Using Budget Analysis to Advance Human Rights. Edited by Centro de Análisis Taxation without Representation in Contemporary Rural China. By Thomas P. Bernstein and Xiaobo Lü.