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Book reviewed in this article: China's Agricultural Modernization: The Socialist Mechanization Scheme. By On Kit Tam. Resources, Values and Development. By Amartya Sen. Putting People First: Sociological Variables in Rural Development. Edited by Michael M. Cernea. South East Asia. Essays in the Political Economy of Structural Change. Edited by R. Higgott and R. Robson. Does Aid Work? Report to an Intergovernmental Task Force. By Robert Cassen et al. Public Participation in Development Planning and Management. Edited by Jean-Claude García-Zamor. Turkey and the West. By David Barchard. Pakistan's Development Priorities: Choices for the Future. Edited by S.J. Burki and R. Laporte, Jr. Urbanisation and Planning in the Third World: Spatial Perceptions and Public Participation. By Robert B. Potter. European Interests in Latin America. By Esperanza Duran, Chatham House Papers 28. Agribusiness and the Small-scale Farmer — a Dynamic Partnership for Development. By Simon Williams and Ruth Kareh. Population Participation in Planning for Basic Needs Concepts, Methods and Practices. Edited by Franklyn Lisk.     

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Books Reviewed: Norwegian Refugee Council, Internally Displaced People: A Global Survey Jonathan Crush and David A. McDonald, Transnationalism and New African Immigration to South Africa Tony Vaux, The Selfish Altruist: Relief Work in Famine and War Christian Morrisson, Education and Health Expenditure and Poverty Reduction in East Africa: Madagascar and Tanzania Christian Morrisson, Education and Health Expenditure and Development: The Cases of Indonesia and Peru EFA Global Monitoring Report 2002, Education for All: Is the World on Track? Oliver Morrissey and Igor Filatotchev, Globalisation and Trade: Implications for Exports from Marginalised Economies K. P. Gallagher and J. Werksman, International Trade and Sustainable Development Peter Marcuse and Ronald van Kempen, Of States and Cities: The Partitioning of Urban Space Frank E. Muhereza and Peter O. Otim, Pastoral Resource Competition in Uganda: Case Studies into Commercial Livestock Ranching and Pastoral Institutions Monica Kathina Juma and Astri Suhrke, Eroding Local Capacity: International Humanitarian Action in Africa Jonathan Isham, Thomas Kelly and Sunder Ramaswamy, Social Capital and Economic Development: Well‐Being in Developing Countries     

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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.     

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Books reviewed: Richard Jolly, Louis Emmerij, Dharam Ghai and Frederic Lapeyre UN Contributions to Development Thinking and Practice John Toye and Richard Toye The UN and Global Political Economy: Trade, Finance, and Development Edited by Tony Addison, Henrik Hansen and Finn Tarp Debt Relief for Poor Countries Madhur Gautam Debt Relief for the Poorest: An OED Review of the HIPC Initiative The International Organisation for Migration Return Migration: Policies and Practices in Europe Adela Pellegrino Migration from Latin America to Europe: Trends and Policy Challenges Sebastian Lazaroiu and Monica Alexandru Who is the Next Victim? Vulnerability of Young Romanian Women to Trafficking in Human Beings Samuel Munzele Maimbo The Money Exchange Dealers of Kabul: A Study of the Hawala System in Afghanistan D. Kingsbury, J. Remenyi, J. McKay and J. Hunt Key Issues in Development Edited by Ernest Aryeetey, Julius Court, Machiko Nissanke and Beatrice Weder Asia and Africa in the Global Economy Edited by Pamela C. M. Mar and Frank‐Jürgen Richter China: Enabling a New Era of Changes Mokbul Morshed Ahmad NGO Field Workers in Bangladesh Edited by Raghbendra Jha Indian Economic Reforms Edited by Gunther Baechler, Kurt R. Spillmann and Mohamed Suliman Transformation of Resource Conflicts: Approaches and Instruments KIT (Royal Tropical Institute) Gender, Citizenship and Governance: A Global Sourcebook Barbara Bruns, Alain Mingat, and Ramahatra Rakotomalala Achieving Universal Primary Education by 2015: A Chance for Every Child     

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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.     

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Books reviewed in this issue. Building Decent Societies: Rethinking the Role of Social Security in Development. Edited by Peter Townsend. Trade, Poverty and the Environment: The EU, Cotonou and the African‐Caribbean‐Pacific Bloc. By Adrian Flint. Reconstructing Development Theory: International Inequality, Institutional Reform and Social Emancipation. By E. A. Brett.     

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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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Book reviewed in this article: Gender Planning and Development: Theory, Practice and Training. By Caroline O. N. Moser Reverse Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought. By Naila Kabeer Women, the Environment and Sustainable Development: Towards a Theoretical Synthesis. By Rosi Braidotti, Ewa Charkiewicz, Sabine Hausler and Saskia Wieringa Feminist Perspectives on Sustainable Development. Edited by Wendy Harcourt Population and Reproductive Rights: Feminist Perspectives from the South. By Sonia Correa (in collaboration with Rebecca Reichmann) Social Science Research for Agricultural Technology Development: Spatial and Temporal Dimensions. Edited by Karen Ann Dvořák Economic Interdependence in the Asia-Pacific Region: Towards a Yen Bloc. By C. H. Kwan Ground Up: Rethinking Industrial Agriculture. By Peter Goering, Helena Norberg-Hodge and John Page Inter-nation Policy Co-ordination and Untying of Aid. By Catrinus J. Jepma Economic Crisis and Third World Agriculture. Edited by Ajit Singh and Hamid Tabatabai The Political Economy of Oil. By Sarah Ahmed Khan The Process of Development of Societies. By K. C. Alexander Market Forces and World Development. Edited by Renée Prendergast and Frances Stewart Gender, Work and Population in Sub-Saharan Africa. Edited by Aderanti Adepoju and Christine Oppong Debt, Development and Equity in Africa. By Karamo N. M. Sonko Population and Development: Old Debates, New Conclusions. By Robert Cassen and contributors Crisis or Transition in Foreign Aid. Edited by Adrian Hewitt The Trap. By James Goldsmith Author's response to Stein Hansen's review of Mortgaging the Earth: The World Bank, Evironmental Impoverishment and the Crisis of Development. By Bruce Rich     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Economic Theory of Agrarian Institutions. Edited by Pranab Bardhan Agricultural Pricing Policy for Developing Countries. Edited by J. W. Mellor and R. Ahmed Agricultural Pricing Policy in Africa. Edited by Charles Harvey Natural Gas: Governments and Oil Companies in the Third World. By Ann Davison Alternative Solutions to Developing-Country Debt Problems. Edited by R. Dornbusch, J. H. Makin and D. Zlowe Growing out of Debt. Edited by Adrian Hewitt and Bowen Wells The World Economy in the 20th Century. By Angus Maddison Issues and Developments in International Trade Policy. By Margaret Kelly, Naheed Kirmani, Miranda Xafa, Clemens Boonekamp and Peter Wingle Sub-Saharan Africa: From Crisis to Sustainable Growth. A Long-Term Perspective Study. Washington Seed Planning and Policy for Agricultural Production. By A. Fenwick Kelly Comparative Advantage, Trade Policy and Economic Development. By Bela Balassa New Directions in the World Economy. By Bela Balassa Natural Endowments: Financing Resource Conservation for Development. By the World Resources Institute Gabon: The Development of a Nation. By Marc Aicardi de Saint-Paul Fragile Coalitions: the Politics of Economic Adjustment. Edited by Joan M. Nelson Policy Reform and Equity: Extending the Benefits of Development. Edited by Elliot Berg Comparative Advantage and Growth: Trade and Development in Theory and Practice. By H. D. Evans Economics, Natural Resource Scarcity and Development: Conventional and Alternative Views. By Edward B. Barbier Seasonal Variability in Third World Agriculture: the Consequences for Food Security. Edited by D. E. Sahn     

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Books reviewed in this article: Negotiating Trade: Developing Countries in the WTO and NAFTA. Edited by John S. Odell Managing the Challenges of WTO Participation: 45 Case Studies. Edited by Peter Gallagher, Patrick Low and Andrew L. Stoler A Radical History of Development Studies: Individuals, Institutions and Ideologies. Edited by Uma Kothari The Business of Projects: Managing Innovations in Complex Products and Systems. By Andrew Davies and Michael Hobday World Investment Report 2004: The Shift Towards Services. By the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Natural Resources and Economic Development. By B. Barbier The Broken Mosaic: For an Economics Beyond Equations. By Ladislau Dowbor ICTs and Indian Economic Development. Edited by A. Saith and M. Vijayabaskar Globalisation and the International Financial System: What's Wrong and What Can Be Done. By Peter Isard The Russian Far East: A Reference Guide for Conservation and Development. Edited by John Newell Capital and Collusion: The Political Logic of Global Economic Development. By Hilton Root The Accidental President of Brazil: A Memoir. By Fernando Henrique Cardoso with Brian Winter Latin America's Political Economy of the Possible: Beyond Good Revolutionaries and Free Marketeers. By Javier Santiso Globalization, Politics and Financial Turmoil: Asia's Banking Crisis. By Shanker Satyanath     

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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: 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: 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     

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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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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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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: 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: 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: 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 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?