World Development

1973 - 2025

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Volume 18, issue 12, 1990

The demo-economic impact of the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1599-1619

Charles M. Becker

Structural adjustment in Africa: Insights from the experiences of Ghana and Senegal pp. 1621-1634

Stephen R. Weissman

The impact of export crop production on nutritional status in Cote d'Ivoire pp. 1635-1653

David Sahn

The secondary market and the international debt problem pp. 1655-1669

George Anayiotos and Jaime de Pinies

The debt laffer curve: Some estimates pp. 1671-1677

Stijn Claessens

Transideological collaboration and East-West- South economic relations pp. 1679-1691

Ruben Berrios

Science and technology in India's search for a sustainable and equitable future pp. 1693-1701

Ashok Parthasarathi

The next plan after Brady? pp. 1703-1710

Mike Faber

Volume 18, issue 11, 1990

Science, technology, and policy in the periphery: A perspective from the centre pp. 1429-1443

Amitav Rath

Choice of technique revisited: A critical review of the theoretical underpinnings pp. 1445-1456

Alejandro Nadal Egea

Technical change in Latin American manufacturing firms: Review and synthesis pp. 1457-1469

Brent Herbert-Copley

Technology policy in sub-Saharan Africa: Why the dream remains unfulfilled pp. 1471-1480

Paul B. Vitta

A multiple source of innovation model of agricultural research and technology promotion pp. 1481-1499

Stephen D. Biggs

Technological capacity and aborted industrialization in Ghana: The case of Bonsa Tyre Company pp. 1501-1511

Stephen Adei

Technical change and industrial policy: The case of truck manufacturing in Turkey pp. 1513-1528

Hacer K. Ansal

Canadian technology transfer to developing countries through small and medium-size enterprises pp. 1529-1542

Jorge Niosi and Jacques Rivard

O inventamos o erramos: The power of science in Latin America pp. 1543-1553

Hebe M. C. Vessuri

From standardization to relevance and back again: Science and technology indicators in small, peripheral countries pp. 1555-1567

Gisela Argenti, Carlos Filgueira and Judith Sutz

Environmental and technological degradation in peasant agriculture: A consequence of development in Mexico pp. 1569-1585

Raul Garcia-Barrio and Luis Garcia-Barrios

Software industry: An opportunity for Latin America? pp. 1587-1598

Carlos Maria Correa

Volume 18, issue 10, 1990

How beautiful is small? Scale, control and success in Kenyan irrigation pp. 1309-1323

W. M. Adams

Economic crisis, adjustment and living standards in Mexico, 1982-85 pp. 1325-1342

Nora Lustig

An overview of Turkey's experience with economic liberalization and structural adjustment pp. 1343-1350

Tosun Aricanli and Dani Rodrik

Technology and exports: The case of the Turkish manufacturing industries pp. 1351-1362

Arman Kirim

An updating country study: Thailand's needs and prospects in the 1990s pp. 1363-1378

John P. Lewis and Devesh Kapur

Transfers, secular deflation, and the enigma of the Indian economy, 1860-1900 pp. 1379-1400

Arun Kumar Banerji

Paraprojects as new modes of international development assistance pp. 1401-1411

Norman Uphoff

Feasible planning in a poor country: A Utopian postscript to a country case study pp. 1413-1419

Andrew Coulson

Book note pp. 1421-1427

Guy Gran

Volume 18, issue 9, 1990

Smokestacks in the rainforest: Industrial development and deforestation in the Amazon basin pp. 1191-1205

Anthony B. Anderson

Structural adjustment, agricultural development and the poor: Some lessons from the Malawian experience pp. 1207-1219

Uma Lele

Growth of the capital goods sector in India after the mid-1960s: An alternative view pp. 1221-1230

Gopinath Pradhan

Guinea: The significance of the coup of April 1984 and economic issues pp. 1231-1246

Aguibou Y. Yansane

Special section: Economic development--lessons from industrialized countries pp. 1247-1247

Paul P. Streeten

How economic institutions affect economic performance in industrialized countries: Lessons for development pp. 1249-1253

Peter Doeringer and Paul P. Streeten

Cumulative or comparative advantage? British competitiveness in the early 20th century pp. 1255-1272

Bernard Elbaum

The subcontracting behavior of single vs. multiplant enterprises in US manufacturing: Implications for economic development pp. 1273-1294

Maryellen Kelley and Bennett Harrison

How intangible factors contribute to economic development: Lessons from a mature local economy pp. 1295-1308

Peter Doeringer and David G. Terkla

Volume 18, issue 8, 1990

Investment and economic growth pp. 1057-1079

Dennis Anderson

The concept of the agricultural surplus pp. 1081-1095

Christian Morrisson and Erik Thorbecke

Rural-urban disparities in India and China pp. 1097-1110

A. S. Bhalla

Some economic determinants of Third World professional immigration to the United States: 1972-87 pp. 1111-1118

Craig R. MacPhee and M. Kabir Hassan

The case against "one thing at a time" pp. 1119-1122

Albert Hirschman

Economic policy reform in developing countries: The role and management of political factors pp. 1123-1131

Suman K. Bery

Political explanations of macroeconomic management: A survey pp. 1133-1146

Laurence Whitehead

Who makes economic policy in Africa and how? pp. 1147-1161

Ravi Gulhati

After the decision: Implementing policy reforms in developing countries pp. 1163-1181

John W. Thomas and Merilee S. Grindle

Book notes pp. 1183-1190

Guy Gran

Volume 18, issue 7, 1990

How should structural adjustment programs be designed? pp. 933-947

Dani Rodrik

The structural adjustment of politics in Africa pp. 949-958

Jeffrey Herbst

IMF conditionality: Coercion or compromise? pp. 959-974

Kendall W. Stiles

Enhancing the attractiveness of the SDR pp. 975-988

Warren Coats

Defining and estimating underground and informal economies: The new institutional economics approach pp. 989-1002

Edgar Feige

Internal adjustments to falling civil service salaries: Insights from Uganda pp. 1003-1014

David C. E. Chew

Collaborative sector analysis: A foreign assistance technique for improving LDC sector management pp. 1015-1029

Brandon Robinson

Gunnar Myrdal pp. 1031-1037

Paul Streeten

Sir John Hicks as a development economist pp. 1039-1043

Gerald M. Meier

Colin Clark as a development economist pp. 1045-1050

H. W. Arndt

Volume 18, issue 6, 1990

Long-term growth in developing countries and its determinants: An empirical analysis pp. 769-783

Ichiro Otani and Delano Villanueva

Government support for economic agendas in developing countries: A behavioral model pp. 785-801

Khalid Saeed

Identifying the poor in developing countries: Do different definitions matter? pp. 803-814

Paul Glewwe and Jacques van der Gaag

Structural adjustment under the extended fund facility: The case of Bangladesh pp. 815-830

K. M. Matin

Exports and economic growth: The African case pp. 831-835

Augustin Fosu

Rural inequality and rural-push versus urban-pull migration: The case of Iran, 1956-1976 pp. 837-844

Hamid Mohtadi

CARICOM countries and appropriate technology pp. 845-858

Winston H. Griffith

Symposium on medium-term development strategy pp. 859-859

Lance Taylor

The state and industrial strategy pp. 861-878

Helen Shapiro and Lance Taylor

Trade strategy in medium-term adjustment pp. 879-897

G. K. Helleiner

Agricultural performance and development strategy: Retrospect and prospect pp. 899-913

J. Mohan Rao and Jose Maria Caballero

Sectoral balance in development: A survey pp. 915-930

Amitava Dutt

Volume 18, issue 5, 1990

Post-Marxism and development studies: Beyond the impasse pp. 623-639

Stuart Corbridge

Work force fragmentation in Latin America and its empirical manifestations in Ecuador pp. 641-657

Victoria A. Lawson

Land registration in Africa: The impact on agricultural production pp. 659-671

David A. Atwood

The impact of decentralization on spatial equity and rural development in Tanzania pp. 673-693

Paul S. Maro

Sex differences in access to a small enterprise development fund in Peru pp. 695-705

Mayra Buvinic and Marguerite Berger

Chinese reforms, inflation and the allocation of investment in a socialist economy pp. 707-721

Oktay Yenal

New directions or not: USAID in Latin America pp. 723-732

Ira Gang and James A. Lehman

Education and child mortality in Egypt pp. 733-742

Hassan Y. Aly and Richard Grabowski

Flow-of-funds model as a tool for analyzing budgetary behavior of Nigerian state governments: Evidence from the civilian era pp. 743-752

M. O. Odedokun

Oil exports, agriculture and growth prospects of the Nigerian economy: A macroeconomic analysis pp. 753-758

Waheed T. Oshikoya

Monetary coordination among the gulf cooperation council countries pp. 759-768

Iqbal Zaidi

Volume 18, issue 4, 1990

Decentralization of China's electricity sector: Is small beautiful? pp. 505-512

Robert M. Wirtshafter and Ed Shih

On fuelwood consumption, population dynamics and deforestation in Africa pp. 513-527

R. A. Cline-Cole, H. A. C. Main and J. E. Nichol

Energy diagnosis: Toward a policy-oriented approach for energy planning in developing countries pp. 529-538

Adilson de Oliveira and Jacques Girod

The diffusion of energy technology in the rural areas of developing countries: A synthesis of recent experience pp. 539-553

Andrew Barnett

Diffusion and innovation in the Chinese biogas program pp. 555-563

Qiu Daxiong, Gu Shuhua, Liange Baofen and Wang Gehua

Promoting rural energy technology: The case of gasifiers in the Philippines pp. 565-574

Francisco P. Bernardo and Gregorio U. Kilayko

Diffusion of renewable energy technologies in developing countries: A case study of biogas engines in India pp. 575-590

Ramesh Bhatia

A method for the appraisal of alternative electricity supply options applied to the rural areas of Misiones Province, Argentina pp. 591-604

Daniel Muguerza, Daniel Bouille and Erik Barney

Establishing new markets for mature energy equipment in developing countries: Experience with windmills, hydro-powered mills and solar water heaters pp. 605-615

Christopher Hurst

Volume 18, issue 3, 1990

The role of traditional institutions in rural development: Community-based land tenure and government land policy in Sarawak, Malaysia pp. 347-360

R. A. Cramb and I. R. Wills

Causes of multiproduct production: The case of the engineering industries in developing countries pp. 361-370

Renee Prendergast

Imports of technology and the technological effort of Indian enterprises pp. 371-381

Homi Katrak

Incentive policies and export performance in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 383-391

Bela Balassa

Brazil's agrarian structure: Changes from 1970 through 1980 pp. 393-415

William C. Thiesenhusen and Jolyne Melmed-Sanjak

TNCs, intervening mechanisms and economic growth in Ireland: A longitudinal test and extension of the Bornschier model pp. 417-429

Denis O'Hearn

Some determinants of foreign aid to India, 1960-1985 pp. 431-442

Ira Gang and Haider Khan

The determinants of infant mortality in regional India pp. 443-453

Michael Beenstock and Patricia Sturdy

An economic analysis of small-scale technologies for palm oil extraction in Central and West Africa pp. 455-476

Eric L. Hyman

McKinnon-Shaw versus the neostructuralists on financial liberalization: A conceptual note pp. 477-480

Yoon Je Cho

The German version of Keynes' essay on "national Self-Sufficiency" 1933: A case of cooperative self-censorship pp. 481-489

Knut Borchardt

Famine and the two faces of entitlement: A comment on Sen pp. 491-495

Getachew Woldemeskel

Volume 18, issue 2, 1990

Urbanization revisited: Inner-city slum of hope and squatter settlement of despair pp. 165-181

Susan Eckstein

Land consolidation as land reform, in India pp. 183-195

Philip Oldenburg

Postimperialism revisited: The Venezuelan wheat import controversy of 1986 pp. 197-213

Henricus Stander and David G. Becker

Industrialization and employment: Changes in the patterns of women's work in Puerto Rico pp. 215-229

Luz Del Alba Acevedo

A comparative study of national price levels, agricultural prices and exchange rates pp. 231-255

D.S. Prasada Rao, W. F. Shepherd and K. C. Sharma

Entrepreneurship and rural industrialization: Comparing urban and rural patterns of locational choice in Israel pp. 257-267

Raphael Bar-El and Daniel Felsenstein

Calculating the value of time spent collecting water: Some estimates for Ukunda, Kenya pp. 269-280

Dale Whittington, Xinming Mu and Robert Roche

Evaluating demand for calories for urban and rural populations in the Philippines: Implications for nutrition policy under economic recovery pp. 281-299

Howarth Bouis

Applying chapter 9 insolvency to international debts: An economically efficient solution with a human face pp. 301-311

Kunibert Raffer

The effect of exchange rate variability on trade: The case of the West African Monetary Union's imports pp. 313-324

Rohinton Medhora

Unorganized loan markets and monetary policy instruments pp. 325-332

Wassim Shahin

The catalyst model of development: Lessons from Bangladesh's success with garment exports pp. 333-346

Yung Whee Rhee

Volume 18, issue 1, 1990

Capital flight from Latin America pp. 1-18

Manuel Pastor

Private investment and economic growth in developing countries pp. 19-27

Mohsin Khan and Carmen Reinhart

Purchasing power parities and Phase IV of the International Comparison Project: Do they lead to "real" estimates of GDP and its components? pp. 29-48

Elio Lancieri

Implementing economic policy reforms: Policies and opportunities for donors pp. 49-60

Louise G. White

Decentralization in Nepal pp. 61-75

Henry Bienen, Devesh Kapur, James Parks and Jeffrey Riedinger

A comparative analysis of the use of information inputs in the manufacturing sectors of Korea and Japan pp. 77-89

Hans-Jurgen Engelbrecht

Overcoming technological dependency: The case of Electric Arc (Jamaica) Ltd., a small firm in a small developing country pp. 91-107

Norman P. Girvan and Gillian Marcelle

Flexible specialization and small size: The case of Caribbean tourism pp. 109-123

Auliana Poon

The size of the informal sector in Peru: A critical comment on Hernando de Soto's El Otro Sendero pp. 125-135

Renzo Rossini and J. J. Thomas

Village communities, cooperation, and inequality in Tanzania: Comments on Collier et al pp. 147-153

Louis Putterman

Book notes pp. 155-161

Guy Gran