World Development

1973 - 2025

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Volume 16, issue 12, 1988

The notorious nine: Critical problems in project implementation pp. 1399-1418

David D. Gow and Elliott R. Morss

Foreign exchange regimes and industrial growth in Bangladesh pp. 1419-1439

Joseph J. Stern, Richard D. Mallon and Thomas L. Hutcheson

On the potential for expanding South-South trade through the extension of mutual preferences among developing countries pp. 1441-1454

Refik Erzan, Samuel Laird and Alexander Yeats

The metamorphosis of development economics pp. 1455-1463

Stavros Theofanides

State divestiture as a policy instrument in developing countries pp. 1465-1479

Tony Killick and Simon Commander

Universal primary education: An African dilemma pp. 1481-1491

Kiong Hock Lee

Employment and economic growth in Costa Rica pp. 1493-1509

Gary Fields

Market structure and LDCs' manufactured export performance pp. 1511-1520

C. D. Jebuni, Jim Love and D. J. C. Forsyth

The Caisse de Stabilisation in the coffee sector of the Ivory Coast pp. 1521-1526

Neil B. Ridler

The classification of countries by cluster and by factor analysis pp. 1527-1545

Lodewijk Berlage and Dirk Terweduwe

International competition and industrial decentralization in South Africa: A comment pp. 1547-1549

Paul Wellings

A reply pp. 1551-1553

Trevor Bell

Volume 16, issue 11, 1988

Why LDC growth rates differ: Measuring "unmeasurable" influences pp. 1271-1294

Eberhard Scholing and Vincenz Timmermann

Labor productivity differences between foreign and domestic firms in Mexico pp. 1295-1298

Magnus Blomstrom

Pricing policies in Africa with special reference to agricultural development in Malawi pp. 1299-1315

James Kadyampakeni

Determinants of the major industrialized countries' exports to developing countries pp. 1317-1328

Dieter Schumacher

The contribution of agriculture to economic growth: Some empirical evidence pp. 1329-1339

Erh-Cheng Hwa

Women's work and child nutrition in the Third World pp. 1341-1362

Joanne Leslie

Transnational corporations and Third World consumption: Implications of competitive strategies pp. 1363-1370

Rhys Jenkins

Economic development and income inequality: Further evidence on the U-curve hypothesis pp. 1371-1376

Rati Ram

An approach to a food aid strategy pp. 1377-1387

Hannan Ezekiel

Corruption, delivery systems and property rights: A comment pp. 1389-1391

Vishwapati Trivedi

A rejoinder pp. 1393-1394

N. Vijay Jagannathan

Volume 16, issue 10, 1988

Mexico and the development of the practice of the International Monetary Fund pp. 1127-1142

Joseph Gold

Foreign trade and economic development: Sri Lanka's experience pp. 1143-1157

Sarath Rajapatirana

Is there a future for resource transfers to the LDCs? pp. 1159-1166

Andrea Boltho

Reform of foreign aid policies: The issue of inter-country allocation in Africa pp. 1167-1184

Ravi Gulhati and Raj Nallari

Institutionalized obstacles to development: The case of Egypt pp. 1185-1198

Elias H. Tuma

The state-owned enterprise as an entrepreneurial substitute in developing countries: The case of nitrogen fertilizer pp. 1199-1211

Brian Levy

Dynamics of fuelwood prices in India: Policy implications pp. 1213-1229

B. Bowonder, S. S. R. Prasad and N. V. M. Unni

The place of agricultural research in the development of sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1231-1257

Michael Lipton

The informal sector: Empty box or portmanteau concept?: (A comment) pp. 1259-1261

Anand Chandavarkar

The fuzziness of the informal sector: Can we afford to throw out the baby with the bath water?: (A comment) pp. 1263-1265

Nasreen Khundker

Volume 16, issue 9, 1988

Editors' introduction pp. 993-995

Shubh K. Kumar and Michael Lipton

Global food balances and food security pp. 997-1011

John W. Mellor

SADCC food security strategies: Evolution and role pp. 1013-1024

Roger W. Hay and Mandivamba Rukuni

Short-run supply management and food security: Results from Pakistan and Kenya pp. 1025-1034

Thomas C. Pinckney and Alberto Valdes

Rice price stabilization and food security in Bangladesh pp. 1035-1050

Rais Uddin Ahmed

Effect of seasonal food shortage on agricultural production in Zambia pp. 1051-1063

Shubh K. Kumar

Coping with household-level food insecurity in drought-affected areas of Burkina Faso pp. 1065-1074

Thomas Reardon, Peter Matlon and Christopher Delgado

The commercialization of agriculture and household-level food security: The case of Southwestern Kenya pp. 1075-1081

Eileen Kennedy and Bruce Cogill

Effects of technological change in agriculture on food consumption and nutrition: Rice in a West African setting pp. 1083-1098

Joachim von Braun

Famine and household coping strategies pp. 1099-1112

Jane Corbett

Famine incomes and employment: Has Botswana anything to teach Africa? pp. 1113-1125

Roger W. Hay

Volume 16, issue 8, 1988

High inflation, heterodox stabilization, and fiscal policy pp. 867-881

Mario I. Blejer and Adrienne Cheasty

The indirect approach to trade liberalization: dynamic consideration on liberalization-cum-stabilization policies in Latin America pp. 883-897

Heinz Gert Preusse

Poverty weighted measures of social welfare change pp. 899-901

Larry Sawers

Dual factor price equalization: elements of a theory pp. 903-912

Gary McMahon

Effectiveness of selective credit policies: Alternative framework of evaluation pp. 913-919

M. O. Odedokun

A world economic equalization program: Refinements and sensitivity analysis pp. 921-933

James A. Yunker

Land reform: A failure of neoclassical theorization? pp. 935-946

Fiona Atkins

The integration of Developing countries in the GATT system pp. 947-957

K. A. Koekkoek

Macrodynamic adjustment mechanisms in India pp. 959-973

Jorn Rattso

Relative efficiency of cotton farms in Sudanese irrigated agriculture pp. 975-984

Samir Taha Saleem

Volume 16, issue 7, 1988

Bond issues as a replacement for bank lending to LDCs: A reconsideration of the lessons of the 19th century for the present day pp. 771-778

Mary B. Rose and P. N. Snowden

LDC savings rates and debt crises pp. 779-786

Homi J. Kharas and James Levinsohn

Feasibility of a World Bank interest subsidy account to supplement the existing IDA program pp. 787-796

Jonathan E. Sanford

The impact of untying aid of the European community countries pp. 797-805

C. J. Jepma

Monetarist perspectives of Papua New Guinea's Hard Currency Strategy pp. 807-820

Neil Dias Karunaratne

Export financing in LDCs: The role of subsidies for export performance in Brazil pp. 821-833

Renato Baumann and Helson C. Braga

A framework for analyzing food subsidies pp. 835-845

Robert R. Schneider

The social costs of higher food prices: Some cross-country evidence pp. 847-856

Susan Horton, Tom Kerr and Dimitris Diakosavvas

California cowpeas and food policy in Senegal pp. 857-865

R. James Bingen, A. E. Hall and Mbaye Ndoye

Volume 16, issue 6, 1988

Tenancy and interlocking markets: issues and some evidence pp. 655-666

Mohammad Taslim

Growth of small-size enterprises in India: Its nature and content pp. 667-681

S. P. Kashyap

Marx, Weber, and development sociology: Beyond the impasse pp. 683-695

Peter Vandergeest and Frederick H. Buttel

Transcending the impasse: Metatheory, theory, and empirical research in the sociology of development and underdevelopment pp. 697-709

Leslie Sklair

Innovation, technical assistance, and development: The importance of technology users pp. 711-721

Matthew S. Gamser

The diffusion and production of numerically controlled machine tools with special reference to Argentina pp. 723-732

Daniel Chudnovsky

Success in Small Farmer Development: Paper making at Pang and Nanglibang, Nepal pp. 733-750

Donald A. Messerschmidt

Third world fisheries: Prospects and problems pp. 751-757

Richard Bailey

An extension of the simple analytics of segmented grain markets and the case for liberalization pp. 759-763

Harsha V. Singh

Volume 16, issue 5, 1988

Poverty and public policy pp. 539-555

Jagdish N. Bhagwati

The question of cross-conditionality pp. 557-568

Sidney Dell

Participating in African monetary unions: An alternative evaluation pp. 569-576

Patrick Guillaumont, Sylviane Guillaumont and Patrick Plane

Assessing the impact of interest rates in less developed countries pp. 577-588

Deena R. Khatkhate

Interest rates, savings, and growth in LDCs: An assessment of recent empirical research pp. 589-605

Gerardo M. Gonzales Arrieta

Relative welfare improvements of low income versus high income countries pp. 607-614

Edward Nissan and Regina Caveny

China's Three Gorges Dam: "Fatal" project or step toward modernization? pp. 615-630

Philip Fearnside

The nature and role of development studies in present-day Britain pp. 631-637

Lalage Bown

Reflections on the role of the university and the developing countries pp. 639-640

Paul Streeten

Growth and income distribution in India: A review pp. 641-647

V. V. Bhatt

Volume 16, issue 4, 1988

National development planning in turbulent times: New approaches and criteria for institutional design pp. 431-448

Francisco R. Sagasti

The interaction of factor and product market distortions in developing countries pp. 449-463

Bela Balassa

Market structure, jobs, and productivity: Observations from Jamaica pp. 465-482

Peter Doeringer

Agricultural development and the size distribution of personal income: The tropical African experience pp. 483-488

Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong

The management of irrigation systems: How to evoke trust and avoid prisoner's dilemma pp. 489-500

Robert Wade

Evaluating loan collection performance: An Indonesian example pp. 501-510

Bruce R. Bolnick

The multinational corporation and monopoly of patents in Nigeria pp. 511-526

Owen T. Adikibi

Alternatives to fuelwood in African towns pp. 527-533

Walter Elkan

Volume 16, issue 3, 1988

Food production strategy debates in revolutionary Ethiopia pp. 323-348

John M. Cohen and Nils-Ivar Isaksson

Transition to freehold in the South African reserves pp. 349-360

Peter G. Moll

Optimal grain pricing and storage policy in controlled agricultural economies: application to Zimbabwe pp. 361-371

Steven T. Buccola and Chrispen Sukume

Sustainable development: differing perspectives of ecologists and economists, and relevance to LDCs pp. 373-384

Clement Tisdell

The theory of induced institutional innovation: a critique pp. 385-394

Richard Grabowski

Trade policy and growth of developing countries: some new data pp. 395-403

Hans W. Singer and Patricia Gray

Literacy and basic needs satisfaction in Mexico pp. 405-417

Richard Wood

Farm households in rural Burkina Faso: Some evidence on allocative and direct return to schooling, and male-female labor productivity differentials pp. 419-424

Rati Ram and Ram D. Singh

Book Notes pp. 425-430

Guy Gran

Volume 16, issue 2, 1988

Economics and the study of its past pp. 207-218

Salim Rashid

"Market failure" and underdevelopment pp. 219-229

Heinz W. Arndt

Collaborative research for more effective forein assistance pp. 231-236

Lee Ann Ross

Central America's elusive economic recovery pp. 237-254

Marc Lindenberg

Institution building: Multilateral development banks and state-owned enterprises pp. 255-270

Melissa H. Birch

A basket peg policy: Operational issues for developing countries pp. 271-279

Shinji Takagi

On financial innovations and credit market evolution pp. 281-292

V. V. Bhatt

Resource accounting: An application to development planning pp. 293-303

Malcolm Slesser and Jane King

Hewers of wood and drawers of water: Incomes and employment in the traditional unskilled sector pp. 305-316

James G. Scoville

Volume 16, issue 1, 1988

Editor's introduction: Korea's transition to maturity pp. 1-5

Danny Leipziger

Korea in the 1990s: Making the transition to a developed economy pp. 7-18

Kihwan Kim

Sociopolitical factors and Korea's future economic policies pp. 19-34

David I. Steinberg

Korea's macroeconomic prospects and policy issues for the next decade pp. 35-45

Vittorio Corbo and Sang Woo Nam

Korea's export niche: Origins and prospects pp. 47-63

Peter Petri

Fiscal policy and development in Korea pp. 65-83

Wan-Soon Kim and K. Y. Yun

Korean trade policy in the next decade: Dealing with reciprocity pp. 85-97

Peter F. Allgeier

Labor issues in Korea's future pp. 99-119

Se-il Park

Industrial restructuring in Korea pp. 121-135

Danny Leipziger

External financing for Korea: The next phase pp. 137-155

Farrukh Iqbal

Korean development and urbanization: Prospects and problems pp. 157-167

Kyung-Hwan Kim and Edwin S. Mills

Korea's exchange rate policy in a changing economic environment pp. 169-183

Sung Y. Kwack

Financial deregulation and segmented capital markets: The case of Korea pp. 185-194

Sebastian Edwards

Rational and non-rational expectations of inflation in Korea pp. 195-205

Kye Sik Lee