World Development

1973 - 2025

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Volume 14, issue 12, 1986

International competitiveness, technical change and the state: The machine tool industry in Taiwan and Japan pp. 1375-1396

Martin Fransman

Learning and the rise of Israel's exports of sophisticated products pp. 1397-1410

Morris Teubal, Nadev Halevi and Daniel Tsiddon

Rural energy technology assessment: A Sri Lankan case study pp. 1411-1421

Martin Greeley

The basic needs approach: Overcoming the poverty of homo oeconomicus pp. 1423-1434

Van B. Weigel

By the teeth: A critical examination of James Scott's The moral economy of the peasant pp. 1435-1455

Jane Haggis, Stephanie Jarrett, Dave Taylor and Peter Mayer

Adversary activities and per capita income growth pp. 1457-1461

Samar K. Datta and Jeffrey Nugent

Measures to assist the least developed countries: The case of Malawi pp. 1463-1468

Anthony Jennings

The world bank in Africa: Historical reflections on the African present pp. 1473-1487

Antony G. Hopkins

Volume 14, issue 10-11, 1986

Rural public works and food-for-work: A survey pp. 1237-1252

Edward J. Clay

Rural credit markets and institutions in developing countries: Lessons for policy analysis from practice and modern theory pp. 1253-1267

Avishay Braverman and J. Luis Guasch

Fisheries development in the Third World: The role of international agencies pp. 1269-1275

Conner Bailey, Dean Cycon and Michael Morris

The global impact of information technology pp. 1277-1292

Sam Cole

Original accumulation, equity and late industrialization: The cases of socialist China and capitalist Taiwan pp. 1293-1310

Chih-Ming Ka and Mark Selden

Microcomputers and energy policy analysis: Growth prospects in developing countries pp. 1311-1327

Wesley K. Foell and Corazon M. Siddayao

Intermediate technology for development: Small-scale chemical fertilizer plants in China pp. 1329-1346

Christine P. W. Wong

The potential impact of high-test molasses from energy cane on the rum industry of Puerto Rico pp. 1347-1356

Robert R. Gottfried

The perils of prescription: Economics and the macroeconomic policy adviser pp. 1361-1373

Bahram Nowzad

Volume 14, issue 9, 1986

The debt problem and growth pp. 1107-1124

Marcelo Selowsky and Herman G. Van Der Tak

The determinants of military expenditures in developing countries pp. 1125-1140

Alfred Maizels and Machiko K. Nissanke

International price discrimination: The pharmaceutical industry pp. 1141-1150

Frederick T. Schut and Peter Bergeijk

Welfare and economic growth in Kenya, 1914-76 pp. 1151-1160

Arne Bigsten

Oil windfalls in a small parliamentary democracy: Their impact on Trinidad and Tobago pp. 1161-1175

Richard Auty and Alan Gelb

Dutch disease economics and the Colombian export boom pp. 1177-1198

Linda Kamas

Book notes pp. 1199-1202

Guy Gran

The history of the IMF pp. 1203-1212

Sidney Dell

The functioning of the international monetary system: A critique of the perspective of the industrial countries pp. 1213-1231

Arjun Sengupta

The report of the Group of Twenty-Four: A comment pp. 1233-1236

Robert Solomon

Volume 14, issue 8, 1986

Preface pp. 873-873

Sidney Dell and Roger Lawrence

Update pp. 875-876

Gerald K. Helleiner

Balance-of-payments experience and growth prospects of developing countries: A synthesis pp. 877-908

Gerald K. Helleiner

Terms of reference for the country studies pp. 909-918

Edmar Bacha

External shocks and growth prospects: The case of Brazil, 1973-1989 pp. 919-936

Edmar Bacha

Balance-of-payments adjustment in India, 1970-1971 to 1983-1984 pp. 937-962

Montek Ahluwalia

Mexico's recent balance-of-payments experience and prospects for growth pp. 963-991

Ernesto Zedillo Ponce De Leon

Foreign debt, balance of payments, and the economic crisis of the Philippines in 1983-1984 pp. 993-1018

Eli Remolona, Mahar Mangahas and Filologo Pante

Foreign debt, balance of payments, and growth prospects: the case of the Republic of Korea, 1965-1988 pp. 1019-1058

Yung Chul Park

Zimbabwe: transition to economic crises, 1981-1983: retrospect and prospect pp. 1059-1083

Reginald Herbold Green and Xavier Kadhani

The balance-of-payments adjustment process in developing countries: The experience of the Ivory Coast pp. 1085-1105

Alassane D. Quattara

Volume 14, issue 7, 1986

Management, managers, and revolution pp. 775-790

James E. Austin and John C. Ickis

State, capital, and the transformation of dependence: The Brazilian computer case pp. 791-808

Peter B. Evans

"Sustainable development" in Pacific micro-economies pp. 809-822

Ivo Bertram

St. Lucia's female electronics factory workers: Key components in an export-oriented industrialization strategy pp. 823-838

Deirdre Kelly

Self-employment, earnings, and mobility in Peninsular Malaysia pp. 839-852

David Blau

Declining tree stocks in African countries pp. 853-863

Dennis Anderson

Fuel markets in urban Bangladesh pp. 865-872

M. J. Prior

Volume 14, issue 6, 1986

Remittances from international migration: A review in perspective pp. 677-696

Sharon Stanton Russell

The hidden economy: A new view of remittances in the arab world pp. 697-712

Nazli Choucri

Rural stratification, rural to urban migration, and urban inequality: Evidence from Iran pp. 713-725

Hamid Mohtadi

The urban informal sector in Uruguay: Its internal structure, characteristics, and effects pp. 727-741

Alejandro Portes, Silvia Blitzer and John Curtis

Patterns of technology imports: interregional comparison pp. 743-756

Kazimierz Poznanski

Impact of Agricultural Research and Extension on crop productivity in Pakistan: A production function approach pp. 757-762

Mahmood Hasan Khan and Syed Akbari

Ideology and North-South relations pp. 767-774

Jagdish Bhagwati

Volume 14, issue 5, 1986

The Concept and measurement of subsistence: A survey of the literature pp. 555-577

Mohammed Sharif

Population growth and savings in LDCs: A survey article pp. 579-591

Jeffrey Hammer

Future directions in development studies: The case of decentralization pp. 593-603

Diana Conyers

Trade in investment-related technological services pp. 605-622

Andre Sapir

Common property and collective action in economic development pp. 623-635

Carlisle Runge

An economic and social impact analysis of small industry promotion: A Philippine experience pp. 637-651

Ernesto Pernia and Joseph M. Pernia

Projects for women in the third world: Explaining their misbehavior pp. 653-664

Mayra Buvinic

Unanticipated inflation, devaluation and output in Latin America pp. 665-671

Edmund J. Sheehey

Volume 14, issue 4, 1986

Assessing the impact of international agricultural research and development programs pp. 453-468

Douglas Horton

Evaluating research system performance and targeting research in land-abundant areas of Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 469-475

Hans Binswanger-Mkhize

Rural financial markets in low-income countries: Recent controversies and lessons pp. 477-487

Dale W. Adams and Robert C. Vogel

The comparative performance of foreign and domestic firms in Brazil pp. 489-502

Larry Willmore

Transnational corporations and local capital: Comparative conduct and performance in the Turkish pharmaceutical industry pp. 503-521

Arman S. Kirim

Multinationals and market structure in Mexico pp. 523-530

Magnus Blomstrom

Confronting an unsolvable problem: Deforestation in Malawi pp. 531-540

David French

Sources of growth pp. 541-547

Lauchlin Currie

Book note pp. 549-552

Guy Gran

Volume 14, issue 3, 1986

The state and economic stagnation in Tropical Africa pp. 319-332

Richard Sandbrook

The World Bank and structural adjustment in Latin America pp. 333-346

Edmar Bacha and Richard E. Feinberg

The effectiveness of structural adjustment lending: Initial evidence from Malawi pp. 347-365

J. Kydd and A. Hewitt

Farmer organizations and food production in Zimbabwe pp. 367-384

Michael Bratton

Agricultural plans for Brazil's Grande Carajas program: Lost opportunity for sustainable local development? pp. 385-409

Philip Fearnside

More of the same in Brazilian Amazonia: A comment on Fearnside pp. 411-414

Anthony L. Hall

Technical change and labor absorption in Asian agriculture: Some emerging trends pp. 415-428

Sisira Jayasuriya and R. T. Shand

Simple analytics of segmented markets: What case for liberalization? pp. 429-439

Michael Roemer

The supply of labor in agriculture and food prices: The cases of Japan and Egypt pp. 441-447

Richard Grabowski and David Sivan

Book notes pp. 449-452

Guy Gran

Volume 14, issue 2, 1986

Methodological debate in economics: Editor's introduction pp. 143-145

Charles K. Wilber

No view without a viewpoint: Gunnar Myrdal pp. 147-163

Eugene R. Dykema

The methodology of W. Arthur Lewis's development economics: Economics as pedagogy pp. 165-180

Jon Wisman

The methodological basis of Hirschman's development economics: Pattern model vs general laws pp. 181-194

Charles K. Wilber and Steve Francis

A methodological analysis of dependency theory: Explanation in Andre Gunder Frank pp. 195-209

Lawrence H. Simon and David F. Ruccio

Methodological aspects of a Marxian approach to development: An analysis of the modes of production school pp. 211-222

David F. Ruccio and Lawrence H. Simon

Latin American structuralism: A methodological perspective pp. 223-232

Kenneth Jameson

Program interventions, intrahousehold distribution and the welfare of individuals: Modelling household behavior pp. 233-243

Mark Rosenzweig

Hearts and spades: Paradigms of household economics pp. 245-255

Nancy Folbre

The new development economics pp. 257-265

Joseph Stiglitz

Forced commerce and agrarian growth pp. 267-272

Amit Bhaduri

Peasant rationality: Individuals, groups, cultures pp. 273-282

John Adams

Approaches to evaluation of development interventions: The importance of world and life views pp. 283-300

Roland Hoksbergen

Three rationalities in development decision-making pp. 301-317

Denis Goulet

Volume 14, issue 1, 1986

Industrial decentralization under apartheid: The relocation of industry to the South African periphery pp. 1-38

Paul Wellings and Anthony Black

Assistance to expand agricultural production pp. 39-63

Vernon Ruttan

Farming systems research: Hitting a moving target pp. 65-77

Simon Maxwell

Oil exports, agrarian change and the rural labor process: The ecuadorian sierra in the 1970s pp. 79-96

Simon Commander and Peter Peek

Three patterns of basic needs distribution within Sri Lanka: 1971-1973 pp. 97-114

Barrie M. Morrison and Nancy E. Waxler

Credit allocation and investment decisions: The case of the manufacturing sector in Korea pp. 115-126

Sergio Pereira Leite and Reza Vaez-Zadeh

Corruption, delivery systems, and property rights pp. 127-132

N. Vijay Jagannathan

On fertility, migration and remittances in LDCs pp. 133-135

Eliakim Katz and Oded Stark

Book notes: New classics and guides to research pp. 137-140

Guy Gran