World Development

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Volume 26, issue 12, 1998

The participatory approach: Contradiction and co-option in Burkina Faso pp. 2105-2118

Victoria J. Michener

Gender, poverty and deprivation: Evidence from the Republic of Guinea pp. 2119-2135

Paul Shaffer

Targeted poverty investments and economic growth in China pp. 2137-2151

Scott Rozelle, Albert Park, Vincent Benziger and Changqing Ren

Forestry and the environment in China: the current situation and strategic choices pp. 2153-2167

Runsheng Yin

Poverty and environmental degradation: A review and analysis of the nexus pp. 2169-2179

Anantha K. Duraiappah

Employee job satisfaction in developing countries: The case of Kenya pp. 2181-2199

Munyae Mulinge and Charles W. Mueller

Fiscal decentralization in Indonesia: A comment on smoke and lewis pp. 2201-2211

Christoph Beier and Gabriele Ferrazzi

Reply to Beier and Ferrazzi pp. 2213-2217

Blane Lewis and Paue Smoke

Carbon intensity and economic development 1961-1991: A comment on Roberts and Grimes pp. 2219-2220

Daniel J. Mcnaughton and Tsoung-Chao Lee

Reply to McNaughton and Lee pp. 2221-2221

J. Timmons Roberts and Peter Grimes

The pendulum swings -- An apt analogy? 1997 Northeastern Universities development consortium conference keynote talk pp. 2223-2230

Larry E. Westphal

Volume 26, issue 11, 1998

The demographic crisis in the former Soviet Union: Introduction pp. 1913-1919

Charles Becker and David Bloom

Demographic implications of the Russian mortality crisis pp. 1921-1937

Neil G. Bennett, David Bloom and Serguey F. Ivanov

Population of Russia: What can we expect in the future? pp. 1939-1955

Evgeni Andreev, Sergei Scherbov and Frans Willekens

Demographic change in the former Soviet Union during the transition period pp. 1957-1975

Charles M. Becker and David D. Hemley

Monitoring the economic transition in the Russian Federation and its implications for the demographic crisis -- the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey pp. 1977-1993

Namvar Zohoori, Thomas Mroz, Barry Popkin, Elena Glinskaya, Michael Lokshin, Dominic Mancini, Polina Kozyreva, Mikhail Kosolapov and Michael Swafford

Causes of the Russian mortality crisis: Evidence and interpretations pp. 1995-2011

Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Giovanni Cornia, David A. Leon and France Meslé

Market reform and mortality in transition economies pp. 2013-2027

Elizabeth Brainerd

The role of social capital in the Russian mortality crisis pp. 2029-2043

Bruce P. Kennedy, Ichiro Kawachi and Elizabeth Brainerd

Determinants of child health during the economic transition in Romania pp. 2045-2056

Emmanuel Skoufias

Maternal care vs. economic wealth and the health of newborns: Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic and Kansas City, USA pp. 2057-2072

Charles M. Becker, Damira I. Bibosunova, Grace E. Holmes and Margarita M. Ibragimova

Macroeconomic consequences of the Russian mortality crisis pp. 2073-2085

David Bloom and Pia N. Malaney

Pension burdens and labor force participation in Kazakstan pp. 2087-2103

Charles M. Becker and Dina S. Urzhumova

Volume 26, issue 10, 1998

Dimensions and diversity of property rights in rural China: Dilemmas on the road to further reform pp. 1789-1806

Shouying Liu, Michael Carter and Yang Yao

Rural market imperfections and the farm size-- productivity relationship: Evidence from Pakistan pp. 1807-1826

Rasmus Heltberg

Informal social support networks and household vulnerability: Empirical findings from Georgia pp. 1827-1838

Larry Dershem and David Gzirishvili

Structural adjustment and manufacturing sector competitiveness: Lessons from post-unification East Germany pp. 1839-1857

Eva A. Paus

A first look at the impacts of trade liberalization on Brazilian manufacturing industry pp. 1859-1874

Mauricio Moreira and Paulo Guilherme Correa

Microcredit: What can we learn from the past? pp. 1875-1891

Aidan Hollis and Arthur Sweetman

How reliable are group informant ratings? A test of food security ratings in Honduras pp. 1893-1902

Gilles Bergeron, Saul Sutkover Morris and Juan Manuel Medina Banegas

Developing basement aquifers to generate economic benefits: A case study from Southeast Zimbabwe pp. 1903-1912

D. K. Waughray, C. J. Lovell, E. Mazhangara and E. Mazhangara

Volume 26, issue 9, 1998

Russian poverty: Muddling through economic transition with garden plots pp. 1611-1624

Harm Tho Seeth, Sergei Chachnov, Alexander Surinov and Joachim von Braun

Farmers' use of improved seed selection practices in Mexican maize: Evidence and issues from the Sierra de Santa Marta pp. 1625-1640

Elizabeth Rice, Melinda Smale and Jose-Luis Blanco

Grain versus food: A hidden issue in China's food policy debate pp. 1641-1652

Feng Lu

The IMF, the world bank and commodity prices: A case of shifting sands? pp. 1653-1660

David Sapsford and Hans Singer

Where have all the soldiers gone: Demobilization and reintegration in Ethiopia pp. 1661-1675

Stefan Dercon and Daniel Ayalew

Breaking out of the straitjacket of tradition: The politics and rhetoric of 'development' in Zimbabwe pp. 1677-1694

Steven Robins

Editor's Introduction pp. 1695-1696

Alfonso Peter Castro

Introduction pp. 1697-1699

David Brokensha

Primary Health Care initiatives in colonial Kenya pp. 1701-1717

Miriam S. Chaiken

Sustainable agriculture or sustained error? The case of cotton in Kirinyaga, Kenya pp. 1719-1731

Alfonso Peter Castro

Colonial era livestock development policy: Introduction of improved dairy cattle in high-potential farming areas of Kenya pp. 1733-1748

W. Thomas Conelly

Theorizing past and present women's organizations in Kenya pp. 1749-1761

M. L. Udvardy

Pagan practices and the death of children: German colonial missionaries and child health care in South Pare, Tanzania pp. 1763-1772

N. Thomas Hakansson

Incorporating local history into planning documents: A case study from Guinea, West Africa pp. 1773-1784

Jennifer Astone

Volume 26, issue 8, 1998

"Market-stimulating" technology policies in developing countries: A framework with examples from East Asia pp. 1369-1385

Sanjaya Lall and Morris Teubal

Intersectoral linkages and the role of the state in shaping the conditions of industrial accumulation: A study of Ludhiana's manufacturing industry pp. 1387-1411

Meenu Tewari

Feeding and fueling China in the 21st century pp. 1413-1429

Kym Anderson and Chao Yang Peng

The emerging fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1431-1461

Barney Cohen

Rethinking health care systems: Private health care provision in India pp. 1463-1479

Peter Berman

From conflict to cooperation: International policies to protect the Brazilian Amazon pp. 1481-1493

Ans Kolk

Path dependence in regional development: Persistence and change in three industrial clusters in Santa Catarina, Brazil pp. 1495-1511

Jorg Meyer-Stamer

Economic growth and the persistence of child labor: Evidence from an Indian city pp. 1513-1528

Madhura Swaminathan

Introduction pp. 1529-1533

Desmond McNeill and Harald Bockman

The Asian debt-and-development crisis of 1997-?: Causes and consequences pp. 1535-1553

Robert Wade

Korea: The misunderstood crisis pp. 1555-1561

Ha-Joon Chang

Financial liberalization, crises, and Malaysian policy responses pp. 1563-1574

Jomo Ks

The financial crisis in Thailand: Causes, conduct and consequences? pp. 1575-1591

Laurids S. Lauridsen

Contesting reform: Indonesia's new order and the IMF pp. 1593-1609

Richard Robison and Andrew Rosser

Volume 26, issue 7, 1998

Capital Control Liberalization and Stock Market Development pp. 1169-1183

Ross Levine and Sara Zervos

Developing Countries and the Globalization of Financial Markets pp. 1185-1200

Malcolm Knight

Understanding the Political Implications of Financial Internationalization in Emerging Market Countries pp. 1201-1219

Sylvia Maxfield

Does the Revival of International Private Capital Flows Mean the End of Aid?: An Analysis of Developing Countries' Access to Private Capital pp. 1221-1234

Robert Lensink and Howard White

Foreign Aid and Economic Performance in Tanzania pp. 1235-1240

Timothy S. Nyoni

Aid and the Public Sector in Pakistan: Evidence with Endogenous Aid pp. 1241-1250

Susana Franco-Rodriguez, Oliver Morrissey and Mark McGillivray

Assessing the Impact on Food Security of Alternative Compensatory Financing Schemes: A Simulation Approach with an Application to India pp. 1251-1265

Dimitris Diakosavvas and Christopher Green

International Overborrowing: A Decomposition of Credit and Currency Risks pp. 1267-1282

Ronald McKinnon and Huw Pill

Infrastructure Project Finance and Capital Flows: A New Perspective pp. 1283-1298

Mansoor Dailami and Danny Leipziger

Host Country Reforms and FDI Inflows: How Much Difference do they Make? pp. 1299-1314

Victor M. Gastanaga, Jeffrey Nugent and Bistra Pashamova

FDI, Policy Adjustment and Endogenous Growth: Multiplier Effects from a Small Dynamic Model for Taiwan, 1959-1995 pp. 1315-1330

A. Bende-Nabende and J. L. Ford

Liberalizing Trade in Financial Services: The Uruguay Round and the Arab Countries pp. 1331-1348

Jackline Wahba and Mahmoud Mohieldin

The Effect of Financial Liberalization on Capital Flight in African Economies pp. 1349-1368

Robert Lensink, Niels Hermes and Victor Murinde

Volume 26, issue 6, 1998

Water scarcity in Kitulwatte: The social causes and consequences of environmental degradation in a highland Uva village of Sri Lanka pp. 913-932

Ralf Starkloff

Success in integrating conservation and development? A study from Zambia pp. 933-944

Carla Wainwright and Walter Wehrmeyer

Regulation of privatized utilities: The Chilean experience pp. 945-962

Eduardo Bitran and Pablo Serra

The combined incidence of taxes and public expenditures in the Philippines pp. 963-977

Shantayanan Devarajan and Shaikh I. Hossain

Contract enforcement and trade liberalization in Mexico's footwear industry pp. 979-991

Christopher Woodruff

Intermediary institutions, community organizations, and urban environmental management: The case of three Bangkok slums pp. 993-1011

Yok-Shiu F. Lee

Colombia's income from the drug trade pp. 1013-1031

Roberto Steiner

Corporate finance in developing countries: New evidence for India pp. 1033-1047

David Cobham and Ramesh Subramaniam

The search for a new paradigm for the development of national agricultural research systems pp. 1049-1055

Derek Byerlee

Financing agricultural research: International investment patterns and policy perspectives pp. 1057-1071

Julian Alston, Philip Pardey and Johannes Roseboom

Crafting smallholder-driven agricultural research systems in Southern Africa pp. 1073-1087

Mandivamba Rukuni, Malcolm J. Blackie and Carl K. Eicher

The Indian agricultural research system: Structure, current policy issues, and future orientation pp. 1089-1101

Mruthyunjaya and P. Ranjitha

Agricultural research policy issues in Latin America: An Overview pp. 1103-1111

Ruben G. Echeverria

The transformation of the Dutch agricultural research system: An unfinished agenda pp. 1113-1126

Johannes Roseboom and Hans Rutten

The private sector in agricultural research systems: Will it fill the gap? pp. 1127-1148

Carl E. Pray and Dina Umali-Deininger

Selected policy issues in international agricultural research: On striving for international public goods in an era of donor fatigue pp. 1149-1162

Jock Anderson

Volume 26, issue 5, 1998

Immiserized growth in liberalized agriculture pp. 743-753

Christopher Barrett

Bio-cooperation and the benefits of crop genetic resources: the case of Mexican maize pp. 755-766

Stephen B. Brush

On the trail of China's phantom farmers pp. 767-781

Thomas Rawski and Robert W. Mead

Microenterprise finance: Is there a conflict between growth and poverty alleviation? pp. 783-790

Paul Mosley and David Hulme

Have North-South growth linkages changed? pp. 791-808

Alexander Hoffmaister, Mahmood Pradhan and Hossein Samiei

Inflation and monetary policy in selected West and Central African countries pp. 809-827

Andreas Savvides

Stock markets in Africa: Emerging lions or white elephants? pp. 829-843

Charles Kenny and Todd J. Moss

Labor market adjustment in small open economies: The case of Micronesia pp. 845-855

Paul Cook and Colin Kirkpatrick

Assessing economic and social performance in the Cuban transition of the 1990s pp. 857-876

Carmelo Mesa-Lago

Middle East and North Africa: Development policy in view of a narrow agricultural natural resource base pp. 877-895

Jamil A. Mubarak

Adaptive entrepreneurship and the economic development of Hong Kong pp. 897-911

Tony Fu-Lai Yu

Volume 26, issue 4, 1998

The convention on biological diversity and agriculture: Implications and unresolved debates1 pp. 551-570

George Frisvold and Peter T. Condon

Regions of refuge and the agrarian question: Peasant agriculture and plantation forestry in Chilean araucania pp. 571-589

Roger Alex Clapp

Double jeopardy: Globalization, liberalization and the fiscal squeeze pp. 591-605

Isabelle Grunberg

Emerging stock markets, portfolio capital flows and long-term economie growth: Micro and macroeconomic perspectives pp. 607-622

Ajit Singh and Bruce A. Weisse

The problem of transaction costs in group-based microlending: An institutional perspective pp. 623-637

Nitin Bhatt and Shui-Yan Tang

A comparison of the economic performance of different micro-states, and between micro-states and larger countries pp. 639-656

H. Armstrong, R. J. De Kervenoael, Xiao-Ming Li and Robert Read

Introduction to special section of World Development on financing human development pp. 657-658

Sudipto Mundle

Financing human development: Some lessons from advanced Asian countries pp. 659-672

Sudipto Mundle

Accommodating public expenditure policies: the case of fast growing Asian economies pp. 673-694

Govinda Rao

The strategy used by high-performing Asian economies in education: Some lessons for developing countries pp. 695-715

Alain Mingat

On the road to social health insurance: the Asian experience pp. 717-732

Paul J. Gertler

Human development and financial conservatism pp. 733-742

Amartya Sen

Volume 26, issue 3, 1998

Assessing the welfare impacts of public spending pp. 365-379

Dominique van de Walle

Resource development and inequality in indigenous societies pp. 381-394

Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh

The Political Economy of Household Environmental Management: Gender, Environment and Epidemiology in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area pp. 395-412

Jacob Songsore and Gordon McGranahan

The impact of inequality, gender, external assistance and social capital on local-level cooperation pp. 413-431

JoseR. Molinas

Evolution of the Timber Industry Along an Aging Frontier: The Case of Paragominas (1990-1995) pp. 433-448

Steven W. Stone

"Deja Vu all over again?": The Mexican crisis and the stabilization of Uruguay in the 1970s pp. 449-464

Mario I. Blejer and Graciana del Castillo

Measuring exchange rate misalignment: Inflation differentials and domestic relative prices pp. 465-477

William Masters and Elena Ianchovichina

Inertia in reforming China's state-Owned enterprises: The case of Chongqing pp. 479-495

Aimin Chen

Can Trade Liberalization Stimulate Economic Growth in Africa? pp. 497-506

Olugbenga Onafowora and Oluwole Owoye

Small Country Size and Returns to Scale in Manufacturing pp. 507-515

Lino Briguglio

The tobin tax: Reviving a discussion pp. 529-538

Kunibert Raffer

The cheerful pessimist: Gunnar Myrdal the dissenter (1898-1987) pp. 539-550

Paul Streeten

Volume 26, issue 2, 1998

New Land is not enough: Agricultural performance of New Lands settlement in West Africa pp. 187-211

Della E. Mcmillan, John H. Sanders, Dolores Koenig, Kofi Akwabi-Ameyaw and Thomas M. Painter

Food production, urban areas and policy responses pp. 213-225

Frank Ellis and James Sumberg

Civil society in South Africa: Learning from gender themes pp. 227-238

David Hirschmann

Beyond methodologies: Coalition-building for participatory technology development pp. 239-248

Stephen Biggs and Grant Smith

Nests, nodes and niches: A system for process monitoring, information exchange and decision making for multiple stakeholders pp. 249-260

Ruth Alsop and John Farrington

Comprehensive impact assessment systems for NGO microenterprise development programs pp. 261-276

Eric L. Hyman and Kirk Dearden

The political viability of free market experimentation in Cuba: Evidence from Los Mercados Agropecuarios pp. 277-288

Jeffery H. Marshall

The return to education: Street vendors in Mexico pp. 289-296

Paula A. Smith and Michael R. Metzger

Household characteristics and income inequality during inflationary periods: Recent evidence from Suriname pp. 297-306

Andrew W. Horowitz and Diana Weinhold

DALYs: efficiency versus equity pp. 307-310

Sudhir Anand and Kara Hanson

Introduction pp. 311-311

Victor Bulmer-Thomas

The Central American common market: From closed to open regionalism pp. 313-322

Victor Bulmer-Thomas

Measuring trade creation and trade diversion in the Central American common market: A hicksian alternative pp. 323-335

Shelton M. A. Nicholls

Intra-industry trade and revealed comparative advantage in the Central American Common Market pp. 337-344

Pablo Rodas-Martini

Regional integration and agricultural trade in Central America pp. 345-362

Fernando Rueda-Junquera

Volume 26, issue 1, 1998

The asset vulnerability framework: Reassessing urban poverty reduction strategies pp. 1-19

Caroline O. N. Moser

Administering contingent valuation surveys in developing countries pp. 21-30

Dale Whittington

Additionality or diversion? food aid to Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Republics and the implications for developing countries pp. 31-44

Charlotte Benson and Edward J. Clay

Has jomtien made any difference? trends in donor funding for education and basic education since the late 1980s pp. 45-59

Paul Bennell and Dominic Furlong

The dynamics of micro and small enterprises in developing countries pp. 61-74

Donald C. Mead and Carl Liedholm

The politics of pollution control in Brazil: State actors and social movements cleaning up Cubatao pp. 75-87

Maria Carmen De Mello Lemos

Coping with drought in Zimbabwe: Survey evidence on responses of rural households to risk pp. 89-110

Bill Kinsey, Kees Burger and Jan Willem Gunning

Life cycles, oil cycles, or financial reforms? The growth in private savings rates in Indonesia pp. 111-124

Sara Johansson

Pension reform, personal pensions and gender differences in pension coverage pp. 125-137

Armando Barrientos

Productivity effects in brazilian wage determination pp. 139-153

Francisco Carneiro

Measuring production efficiency of small firms in Pakistan pp. 155-169

Abid Burki and Dek Terrell

River basin development planning and management: A critical review pp. 171-186

Christopher J. Barrow