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Book reviewed in this article: The Political Economy of Underdevelopment. By Amiya Kumar Bagchi A New Concept of Development: Basic Tenets. By François Perroux Renewable Energy, The Power to Choose. By Daniel Dewdney and Christopher Flavin. New York: W.W. Norton Energy in the Transition from Rural Subsistence. Edited by Miguel S. Wionczek, Gerald Foley and Ariane van Buren Nuclear Power in Developing Countries: An Analysis of Decision Making. Edited by James Everett Katz and Onkar S. Marwah Namibia: Political and Economic Prospects. Edited by Robert I EEC and the Third World: A Survey 3: The Atlantic Rift. Edited by Christopher Stevens The Impact of Rising Oil Prices on the World Economy. Edited by Lars Mathiessen Industry and Accumulation in Africa. Edited by Martin Fransman Tanzania: An African Experiment. By R. Yeager Aquaculture Economics: Basic Concepts and Methods of Analysis. By Yung C. Shang. Boulder An Appraisal of OPEC Oil Policies. By Ali M. Jaidah The OPEC Fund for International Development: The Formative Years. By Ibrahim F. Shihata et al Interdependence in a World of Unequals: African-Arab-OECD Economic Cooperation for Development. Edited by Dunstan M. Wai The International Economy and Industrial Development: The Impact of Trade and Investment on the Third World. By Robert H. Ballance, Javed A. Ansari and Hans W. Singer US Foreign Aid: An Assessment of New and Traditional Development Strategies. By Elliott R. and Victoria A. Morss More for the Least? Prospects for Poorest Countries in the Eighties. By Thomas G. Weiss and Anthony Jennings Monetarism, Economic Crisis and the Third World. Edited by Karel Jansen A Bridge of People: A Personal View of Oxfam's First Forty Years. By Ben Whitaker Women in Tanzania: An Analytical Bibliography. By Orphelia Mascarenhas and Marjorie Mbilinyi Britons in Brussels. By Virginia Willis     

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

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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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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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Book reviewed in this article: The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics. Edited by John Eatwell, Murray Milgate and Peter Newman Making Sense of Development: An Introduction to Classical and Contemporary Theories of Development and Their Application to Southeast Asia. By P.W. Preston OPEC and the Challenge of Development. Edited by Abdelkader Benamara and Sam Ifeagwu Unequal Exchange and the Evolution of the World System. By Kunibert Raffer The Less Developed Countries and the World Trading System. By Diana Tussie Europe and the International Division of Labour: EEC and the Third World. A Survey 6. Edited by Christopher Stevens and Joan Verloren van Themaat Developing with Foreign Investment. Edited by Vincent Cable and Bishnodat Promotion of Direct Investment in Developing Countries. Edited by Heinz Hauser Soviet Economic Assistance to the Less Developed Countries: A Statistical Analysis. By Quintin V.S. Bach Agrarian Struggles in India after Independence. Edited by A.R. Desai The Failure of the International Debt Strategy. By Knud Erik Svendsen Life After Debt: Australia and the Global Debt Crisis. By the Australian Council for Overseas Aid Options and Investment Priorities in Irrigation Development. By Jose Olivares Involuntary Resettlement in Development Projects. By M. Cernea     

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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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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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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: 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     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Handbook of Development Economics (2 vols). Edited by Hollis Chenery and T. N. Srinivasan Trade, Finance and Developing Countries. Strategies and Constraints in the 1990s. By Sheila Page Third World Military Expenditure and Arms Production. By Robert E. Looney Third World Military Expenditure: Determinants and Implications. By Robert D. McKinlay Animal Power in Farming Systems. Edited by Paul Starkey and Fadel Ndiamé Animal Traction Directory: Africa. By Paul Starkey Animal-Drawn Wheled Toolcarriers: Perfected yet Rejected. By Paul Starkey Agricultural Mechanization and the Evolution of Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. By Prabhu Pingali, Yves Bigot and Hans P. Binswanger Lexique de la colonisation française. By Jean Martin The State and Village Society. The Political Economy of Agricultural Development in Bangladesh. By Shakeeb Adnan Khan Policy and Practice in the Management of Tropical Watersheds. By Sir H. Charles Pereira Agriculture in Vanuatu: A Historical Review. By Barry Weightman Political Pawns: Refugees on the Thai-Kampuchean Border. By Josephine Reynell A Forest Journey: The Role of Wood in the Development of Civilization. By John Perlin The Enigma of Colonialism: British Policy in West Africa. By Anne Phillips Banking the Unbankable: Bringing Credit to the Poor. By Ibrahima Bakhoum, Harry Bhaskara, Chole Chimbano, Eduardo Marquez Gonzalez, Winnie Ogana, Hikloch Ogola, Ana-Maria Quinones, Jawadur Rahman, Najma Sadeque, Govindam Venkatramani and Mallika Wanigasundara Corruption, Development and Under development. By Robin Theobald Technology Systems for Small Farmers: Issues and Options. Edited by A. M. Kesseba Renewing the Earth: Development for a Sustainable Future: an Economic Perspective. By Seamus Cleary     

Book Reviews

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

Book Reviews

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

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: 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.     

Progress and Pitfalls in Popularising Trade

Book reviewed in this article: A Raw Deal: Trade and the World's Poor. By Peter Madden Trade and the Poor: The Impact of International Trade on Developing Countries. By John Madeley Fixing the Rules: North—South Issues in International Trade and the GATT Uruguay Round. By Kevin Watkins Taming Commodity Markets: The Integrated Programme and the Common Fund in UNCTAD. By Gamani Corea Commodities in Crisis: The Commodity Crisis of the 1980s and the Political Economy of International Commodity Policies. By Alfred Maizels