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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     

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Book reviewed in this article: Values for the Environment: A Guide to Economic Appraisal. By J. T. Winpenny. Raising and Sustaining Productivity of Smallholder Farming Systems in the Tropics – A Handbook of Sustainable Agricultural Development. By Willem C. Beets. Alkmaar: Export Instability and Compensatory Financing. By David Lim. European Integration: Trade and Industry. Edited by L. Alan Winters and Anthony Venables. State of the World, 1991: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress toward a Sustainable Society. By Lester R. Brown et al. Dictionary of Environment and Development. By Andy Crump. Water: The International Crisis. By Robin Clarke. Economics of Protected Areas: A New Look at Benefits and Costs. By John A. Dixon and Paul B. Sherman. Costing the Earth. By Frances Cairncross. The Soviet Far East: Geographical Perspectives on Development. Edited by Allan Rodgers The Economies of Small: Appropriate Technology in a Changing World. By Raphael Kaplinsky. Social Security in Developing Countries. Edited by Ehtisham Ahmad, Jean Drèze, John Hills and Amartya Sen. Strategic Partnerships and the World Economy. Edited by Lynn K. Mytelka. Income Distribution in Less Developed Countries. By R. M. Sundrum. Unwelcome Harvest: Agriculture and Pollution. Edited by Gordon R. Conway and Jules N. Pretty. Reaching the Top: Women Managers in Eastern and Southern Africa. By Laketch Dirasse. Arusha Seasonality and the Developing World: A Problem of the Poor and Powerless. By Gerard J. Gill. Famine and Survival Strategies. A Case Study from Northern Ethiopia. By Dessalegn Rahmato. British Overseas Aid since 1979: Between Idealism and Self Interest. Edited by Anuradha Bose and Peter Burnell.     

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African Social Studies: A Radical Reader. Edited by Peter C. W. Gutkind and Peter Waterman. New York and London: Monthly Review Press, 1977. Pp. xii, 481. $17.50. Reviewed by R. Hunt Davis, Jr.

From Our Immigrants With Love, Created and Compiled by Joan S. Follendore. Oxnard, California: Racz Publishing Co., 1977, Pp. 313. $14.00. Reviewed by Norman Lederer.     

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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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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.     

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Book reviewed in this article: World Inflation and the Developing Countries. By William R. Cline and associates Commodity Exports and Economic Development: The Commodity Problem and Policy in Developing Countries. By F.G. Adams and J.R. Behrman Real Aid: A Strategy for Britain. By Charles Elliott The Agrarian Question and Reformism in Latin America. By Alain de Janvry The World Bank and the Poor. By Aart van de Laar Multinational Corporations in the Political Economy of Kenya. By S.W. Langdon The Political Economy of Rural Development: Peasants, International Capital and the State. Edited by R.E. Galli Industrial Development and Migrant Labour. By Julian Laite Instability in Indian Agriculture in the Context of the New Technology. By Shakuntla Mehra Growth and Equity: Policies and Implementation in Indian Agriculture. By J.S. Sarma Bangladesh Development in Perspective. By Gilbert Etienne Sewing it Up — Coats Patons' Multinational Practices'. By Alan Sinclair About Understanding — Ideas and Observations on Cross-cultural Communication. By Andreas Fuglesang A New International Commodity Regime. Edited by Geoffrey Goodwin and James Mayall Commodities, Finance and Trade. Issues in North-South Negotiations. Edited by Arjun Sengupta The New Communist Third World. Edited by Peter Wiles Eastern Europe and The Third World. Edited by M. Radu     

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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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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.     

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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: 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.     

Food for Thought: Malnutrition and Obesity

The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2003: Monitoring Progress towards the World Food Summit and Millennium Goals. By FAO Ending Hunger in Our Lifetime: Food Security and Globalization. By C. Ford Runge, Benjamin Senauer, Philip G. Pardey and Mark W. Rosegrant Combating Malnutrition: Time to Act. Edited by Stuart Gillespie, Milla McLachlan and Roger Shrimpton The Economist's Tale: A Consultant Encounters Hunger and the World Bank. By Peter Griffiths Disease‐Related Malnutrition: An Evidence‐based Approach to Treatment. By R. J. Stratton, C. J. Green and M. Elia Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All‐American Meal. By Eric Schlosser Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health. By Marion Nestle Food Fight: The Inside Story of the Food Industry, America's Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do About It. By Kelly D. Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen     

BOOK REVIEWS

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HANDBOOK OF DEMENTIA: PSYCHOLOGICAL, NEUROLOGICAL, AND PSYCHIATRIC PERSPECTIVES. Edited by Peter A. Lichtenberg, Daniel L. Murman, & Alan M. Mellow. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2003, 440 pp., ISBN 0-471-41982-6. Reviewed by Doug Messinero.

ESSENTIALS OF CRISIS COUNSELING AND INTERVENTION. Donald E. Wiger and Kathy J. Harowski. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003, 221 pages, $34.95 paperback. ISBN 0-471-41755-6. Reviewed by Geraldine R. Brinkley.

HANDBOOK OF DEPRESSION. Edited by Ian H. Gotlib and Constance L. Hammen. New York/London: The Guildford Press, 2002. Reviewed by Karen Judd.     

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Books reviewed in this issue. Institutional Economics Perspectives on African Agricultural Development. Edited by J. F. Kirsten, A. R. Dorward, C. Poulton and N. Vink. Moving Out of Poverty, Vol. III: The Promise of Empowerment and Democracy in India. Edited by Deepa Narayan. Uganda's Economic Reforms: Insider Accounts. Edited by Florence Kuteesa, Emmanuel Tumusiime‐Mutebile, Alan Whitworth and Tim Williamson.     

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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 article: Multinational Business and Labour. By Peter Enderwick Multinationals and Transfer Pricing. Edited by Alan M. Rugman and Lorraine Eden Multinationals as Mutual Invaders: Intra-Industry Direct Foreign Investment. Edited by Asim Erdilek Social Development in the Third World - Level of Living Indicators and Social Planning. Edited by J. G. M. Hilhorst and M. Klatter The Comoro Islands: Struggle against Dependency in the Indian Ocean. By Malyn Newitt Labour and Parastatal Politics in Sierra Leone: A Study of African Working-Class Ambivalence. By David Fashole Luke     

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Book reviewed in this article: Dynamics in Farming System: Changes in the Time and Space in Sukumaland, Tanzania. By H.C.C. Meertens, L. J. Ndege, and H.J. Enserink. Liberalised Development in Tanzania. Edited by Peter Gibbon. Gender, Family and Household in Tanzania. Edited by Colin Creighton and C.K. Omari. Community Empowerment: A Reader in Participation and Development. Edited by Gary Craig and Marjorie Mayo. Managing to Empower: The Grameen Bank's Experience of Poverty Alleviation. By Susan Holcombe. Participatory Development Tool Kit: Materials to Facilitate Community Empowerment. By Deepa Narayan and Lyra Srinivasan. Gender and Slum Culture in Urban Asia. By Susanne Thorbek. Women and Empowerment: Participation and Decision Making. By Marilee Karl. The Oxfam Gender Training Manual. By Suzanne Williams with Jan Seed and Adelina Mwau. The Third World in Global Environmental Politics. By Marian Miller. Westernizing the Third World: The Eurocentricity of Economic Development Theories. By Ozay Mehmet. The Politics of Global Atmospheric Change. By Ian H. Rowlands. Economic Progress and the Environment: One Developing Country's Policy Crisis. By Douglas Southgate and Morris Whitaker. Survival in the Sahel: An Ecological and Developmental Challenge. Edited by K.M. Leisinger, K. Schmitt and ISNAR. States and Economic Development: A Comparative Historical Analysis. By Linda Weiss and John M. Hobson. Manufacturing for Export in the Developing World: Problems and Possibilities. Edited by G.K. Helleiner.     

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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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HANDBOOK OF EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES. Edited by Francis Yuen, John T. Pardeck, Peter Clough, and Philip Garner. London: Sage Publications Ltd., 2004, 352 pp. Reviewed by Jean A. Musick     

Book Reviews

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: 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