Development Policy Review

1966 - 2025

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Volume 20, month 11, 2002

Nets, Ropes, Ladders and Trampolines: The Place of Social Protection within Current Debates on Poverty Reduction pp. 533-540

Tim Conway and Andy Norton

Social Protection: Defining the Field of Action and Policy pp. 541-567

Andy Norton, Tim Conway and Mick Foster

Strengthening Public Safety Nets from the Bottom Up pp. 569-588

Jonathan Morduch and Manohar Sharma

Safety Nets and Opportunity Ladders: Addressing Vulnerability and Enhancing Productivity in South Asia pp. 589-614

Naila Kabeer

From Rice Bowl to Safety Net: Insecurity and Social Protection during China’s Transition pp. 615-635

Sarah Cook

Social Protection in Bolivia: An Assessment in Terms of the World Bank’s Social Protection Framework and the PRSP pp. 637-656

Caroline Moser and Oscar Antezana

Can Social Safety Nets Reduce Chronic Poverty? pp. 657-675

Stephen Devereux

Volume 20, month 09, 2002

The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities for Development pp. 371-388

Thomas Reardon and Julio Berdegue

Impact of Supermarkets and Fast–Food Chains on Horticulture Supply Chains in Argentina pp. 389-408

Graciela Ghezán, Mónica Mateos and Laura Viteri

Impact of the Rapid Rise of Supermarkets on Dairy Products Systems in Argentina pp. 409-427

Graciela E. Gutman

Consumer Behaviour and Supermarkets in Argentina pp. 429-439

Elsa Rodríguez, Miriam Berges, Karina Casellas, Rosángela Di Paola, Beatriz Lupín, Laura Garrido and Natacha Gentile

Consolidation, Multinationalisation, and Competition in Brazil: Impacts on Horticulture and Dairy Products Systems pp. 441-457

Elizabeth M. M. Q. Farina

The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Chile: Effects on Dairy, Vegetable, and Beef Chains pp. 459-471

Sergio Faiguenbaum, Julio Berdegue and Thomas Reardon

The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Costa Rica: Impact on Horticultural Markets pp. 473-485

Irene Alvarado and Kiupssy Charmel

Supermarkets in Mexico: Impacts on Horticulture Systems pp. 487-502

Rita Schwentesius and Manuel Ángel Gómez

The Transformation of Mexican Retailing with NAFTA pp. 503-513

Manuel Chavez

Regional Market Strategies of Supermarkets and Food Processors in Extended MERCOSUR pp. 515-528

Walter Belik and Roseli Rocha dos Santos

Volume 20, month 07, 2002

Policy Symposium: Financial Regulation and Supervision in Developing Countries: An Overview of the Issues pp. 243-245

Martin Brownbridge and Colin Kirkpatrick

Prudential Regulation of Banks in Less Developed Economies pp. 247-259

S. Mansoob Murshed and Djono Subagjo

The Diagnosis and Prediction of Bank Failures in Zambia, 1990–98 pp. 261-278

Samuel Munzele Maimbo

Resolving Bank Failures in Uganda: Policy Lessons from Recent Bank Failures pp. 279-291

Martin Brownbridge

The Implications of the Evolving Microfinance Agenda for Regulatory and Supervisory Policy pp. 293-304

Colin Kirkpatrick and Samuel Munzele Maimbo

Policy Lessons for Prudential Regulation in Developing Countries pp. 305-316

Martin Brownbridge

Trade Sanctions, Adult Unemployment and the Supply of Child Labour: A Theoretical Analysis pp. 317-332

Manash Ranjan Gupta

Does Export Promotion Increase Economic Growth? Some Cross‐Section Evidence pp. 333-349

Turan Subasat

Volume 20, month 05, 2002

Blazing the Trail: Eight Years of Change in Handling International Development pp. 133-140

John Vereker

Information and Communication Technologies for Direct Poverty Alleviation: Costs and Benefits pp. 141-157

Charles Kenny

Participation and Impact of Poverty‐oriented Public Works Projects in Rural Malawi pp. 159-176

Ephraim W. Chirwa, Evious K. Zgovu and Peter M. Mvula

The Impact of Trade and Exchange‐rate Policy Reforms on North African Manufactured Exports pp. 177-189

Khalid Sekkat and Aristomene Varoudakis

Does FDI Guarantee the Stability of International Capital Flows? Evidence from Malaysia pp. 191-202

Graham Bird and Ramkishen Rajan

Forty Years of Multilateral Food Aid: Responding to Changing Realities pp. 203-207

Edward Clay

Volume 20, month 03, 2002

What’s Wrong with the HIPC Initiative and What’s Next? pp. 5-24

Bernhard Gunter

Commodity Price Volatility, Vulnerability and Development pp. 25-39

Jean-Louis Combes and Patrick Guillaumont

A Round By Any Other Name: The WTO Agenda After Doha pp. 41-62

Sam Laird

Investment and Competition Policy in the WTO: Issues for Developing Countries pp. 63-73

Oliver Morrissey

Developing Countries’ Position in WTO Agricultural Trade Negotiations pp. 75-90

Alan Matthews

The New European Trade Preferences: Does ‘Everything But Arms’ (EBA) Help the Poor? pp. 91-102

Sheila Page and Adrian Hewitt

Volume 19, month 12, 2001

Rethinking Rural Development pp. 395-425

Caroline Ashley and Simon Maxwell

How Special Are Rural Areas? The Economic Implications of Location for Rural Development pp. 427-436

Steve Wiggins and Sharon Proctor

Evolving Themes in Rural Development 1950s‐2000s pp. 437-448

Frank Ellis and Stephen Biggs

Agricultural Productivity Growth and Poverty Alleviation pp. 449-466

Xavier Irz, Lin Lin, Colin Thirtle and Steve Wiggins

The Washington Consensus on Poor Country Agriculture: Analysis, Prescription and Institutional Gaps pp. 467-478

Jonathan Kydd and Andrew Dorward

Agricultural Technology Policies for Rural Development pp. 479-489

Robert Tripp

The Rise and Fall of the Rural Non‐farm Economy: Poverty Impacts and Policy Options pp. 491-505

Daniel Start

Livelihood Insecurity and Social Protection: A Re‐emerging Issue in Rural Development pp. 507-519

Stephen Devereux

Local Democracy, Democratic Decentralisation and Rural Development: Theories, Challenges and Options for Policy pp. 521-532

Craig Johnson

Rural Development and the ‘New Architecture of Aid’: Convergence and Constraints pp. 533-544

John Farrington and James Lomax

The European Commission Perspective on Rural Development: Integrating New Trends into Multi‐sectoral Approaches pp. 545-552

Philip Mikos

The Challenge of Ending Rural Poverty pp. 553-562

Atiqur Rahman and John Westley

Reaching the Rural Poor pp. 563-573

Csaba Csaki

Volume 19, month 09, 2001

Growth versus Distribution: Does the Pattern of Growth Matter? pp. 267-289

Howard White and Edward Anderson

Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction by Region: Chile 1990‐96 pp. 291-302

Dante Contreras

Sector Approaches, Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Poverty Reduction pp. 303-319

Jim Gilling, Stephen Jones and Alex Duncan

Sector Programme Approaches: Will They Work in Agriculture? pp. 321-338

Mick Foster, Adrienne Brown and Felix Naschold

From Urban to Rural: Lessons for Microfinance from Argentina pp. 339-354

Mark Schreiner and Héctor Horacio Colombet

Still the Weakest Link: The Domestic Financial System and post‐1998 Recovery in East Asia pp. 355-366

Ramkishen Rajan and Graham Bird

Volume 19, month 06, 2001

Globalisation and the Rural Poor pp. 155-180

Tony Killick

Unequal Exchange? Recent Transfers of Agricultural Resources and their Implications for Developing Countries pp. 181-204

Cary Fowler, Melinda Smale and Samy Gaiji

Market Liberalisation, Vertical Integration and Price Behaviour in Tanzania's Coffee Auction pp. 205-222

Anna A. Temu, Alex Winter‐Nelson and Philip Garcia

Export Processing Zones: Free Market Islands or Bridges to Structural Transformation? pp. 223-242

Andrew Schrank

Volume 19, month 03, 2001

Issues Regarding the Composition of Capital Flows pp. 11-29

John Williamson

Issues in Capital Account Convertibility in Developing Countries pp. 31-82

Benu Schneider

Operationalising Capital Account Liberalisation: The Indian Experience pp. 83-99

Y. V. Reddy

Capital Account Liberalisation: The Ugandan Experience pp. 101-120

Louis A. Kasekende

Capital Account Convertibility, Poor Developing Countries, and International Financial Architecture pp. 121-141

Christopher L. Gilbert, Gregor Irwin and David Vines