World Development

1973 - 2025

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Volume 13, issue 12, 1985

Alternatives for multilateral development diplomacy: Some suggestions pp. 1187-1209

Thomas G. Weiss

Foreign aid and conditions precedent: Political and bureaucratic dimensions pp. 1211-1230

John M. Cohen, Merilee S. Grindle and S. Tjip Walker

Participation, public policy, political economy and development in rural Bangladesh, 1958-85 pp. 1231-1247

Harry W. Blair

Structural barriers to food programming: An analysis of the "Mexican food system" pp. 1249-1262

Rose J. Spalding

Energy use in eight rural communities in India pp. 1263-1286

B. Bowonder, N. Prakash Rao, B. Dasgupta and S. S. R. Prasad

A cross-country comparison of interindustry linkages and the role of imported intermediate inputs pp. 1287-1298

Yuji Kubo

Some initial results of China's new agricultural policies pp. 1299-1305

Benedict Stavis

Pioneers in Development: Gerald M. Meier and Dudley Seers (Eds.) (1984) (New York: Oxford University Press for the World Bank), x + 372 pp., hardback, $29.95 pp. 1307-1309

David Morawetz

Book notes: New classics and guides to research pp. 1311-1314

Guy Gran

Volume 13, issue 10-11, 1985

The search for a development economics pp. 1099-1124

Henry J. Bruton

The private sector and rural development: Can agribusiness help the small farmer? pp. 1125-1138

Arthur Goldsmith

Attitude change revisited: Cognitive dissonance theory and development policy pp. 1139-1149

Jeffrey James and Efraim Gutkind

Productivity, progress and learning: The case of jute spinning in Bangladesh pp. 1151-1161

M. G. Kibria and Clement Tisdell

The demand for money in a developing economy: The case of Kenya pp. 1163-1170

Ali F. Darrat

A note on the dynamic aspects of the Heckscher--Ohlin model: Some empirical evidence pp. 1171-1174

Ashok Khanna

The appraisal of rural water supplies pp. 1175-1178

Desmond Mcneill

Reply pp. 1179-1180

G. B. Baldwin

Rejoinder pp. 1181-1181

Desmond McNeill

Volume 13, issue 9, 1985

Women and agricultural change in Latin America: Some concepts guiding research pp. 1017-1035

Fiona Wilson

Rural women and state policy: The Latin American agrarian reform experience pp. 1037-1053

Carmen Diana Deere

A model of endowment-constrained demand for food in an agricultural economy with empirical applications to Bangladesh pp. 1055-1065

Qaiser M. Khan

Price policy and agricultural export performance in Jamaica pp. 1067-1075

Stephen K. Pollard and Douglas H. Graham

Prospects of trade liberalization between the developed and the developing countries pp. 1077-1086

Jaleel Ahmad

On `the political economy of stabilization' pp. 1087-1091

Mick Moore

Reply pp. 1093-1094

Joan Nelson

Book notes: New classics and guides to research pp. 1095-1097

Guy Gran

Volume 13, issue 8, 1985

Overview and summary pp. 863-866

Vittorio Corbo and Jaime de Melo

Part I: The reforms and macroeconomic adjustments introduction pp. 867-869

Michael Bruno

The expectations management approach to stabilization in Argentina during 1976-1982 pp. 871-892

Roque Fernández

Reforms and macroeconomic adjustments in Chile during 1974-1984 pp. 893-916

Vittorio Corbo

External shocks, financial reforms, and stabilization attempts in Uruguay during 1974-1983 pp. 917-939

James Hanson and Jaime de Melo

Part II: Microeconomic adjustments during the reforms introduction pp. 941-947

James Tybout

Microeconomic adjustments in Argentina during 1976-1981: The importance of changing levels of financial subsidies pp. 949-967

Humberto Petrei and James Tybout

Microeconomic adjustments in Chile during 1977-1981: The importance of being a grupo pp. 969-994

Julio Galvez and James Tybout

Microeconomic adjustments in Uruguay during 1973-1981: The interplay of real and financial shocks pp. 995-1015

Jaime de Melo, Ricardo Pascale and James Tybout

Volume 13, issue 7, 1985

Marxism and development sociology: Interpreting the impasse pp. 761-787

David Booth

The newly industrializing countries and radical theories of development pp. 789-803

John Browett

Trends, cycles and asymmetries in the terms of trade of primary commodities from developed and less developed countries pp. 805-817

Anthony Thirlwall and J. Bergevin

The erosion of agriculture in an oil economy: The case of export crop production in Trinidad pp. 819-835

H. J. Pollard

Investment planning and the macroeconomic constraints in developing countries: The case of the Syrian Arab Republic pp. 837-853

Se-Hark Park

Have you gotten to know the Index to International Statistics (IIS)? pp. 859-861

Bruce R. Bolnick

Volume 13, issue 6, 1985

Environment, development and politics: Capital accumulation and the livestock sector in Eastern Amazonia pp. 663-684

Susanna B. Hecht

Food and stabilization in developing Africa pp. 685-690

A. I. Medani

Some aspects of employment in Indian agriculture pp. 691-704

Ashok Parikh

Development and structural change in rural Egypt, 1952 to 1982 pp. 705-723

Richard Adams

Tax policy, regulated interest rates, and saving pp. 725-736

David C. L. Nellor

A reapraisal of the capital goods sector in Hong Kong: The case for free trade pp. 737-748

John S. Henley and Mee-Kau Nyaw

Nationalism, socialism and planning: Influential ideas in the South pp. 749-759

Deepak Lal

Volume 13, issue 5, 1985

Saving, investment, fiscal deficits, and the external indebtedness of developing countries pp. 573-588

Iqbal Mehdi Zaidi

The role of real income level and income distribution in fulfillment of basic needs pp. 589-594

Rati Ram

Basic human needs: The plateau curve pp. 595-609

Joshua S. Goldstein

Agricultural pricing policy in Kenya pp. 611-626

Cathy L. Jabara

Biological technology and land productivity: Fertilizers and food production in India pp. 627-638

Romesh Diwan and Renu Kallianpur

Options for cement production in Papua New Guinea: A study in choice of technology pp. 639-651

D. F. Stewart

Costs and benefits of a modest proposal pp. 653-658

Percy Selwyn

The state, industrialization and class formations in India: Anumpan Sen, (London: Routledge, 1982), [UK pound]14.95 pp. 659-661

Michael Lipton

Volume 13, issue 4, 1985

In memory of Thomas Balogh pp. 465-466

Paul Streeten

The market for public office: Why the Indian state is not better at development pp. 467-497

Robert Wade

Are Nigerian scientists and engineers effectively utilized? issues on the deployment of scientific and technological labor for national development pp. 499-512

Chikwendu Christian Ukaegbu

Farm size, land yields and the agricultural production function: An analysis for fifteen developing countries pp. 513-534

Giovanni Cornia

Biases in the allocation of foreign aid: Some new evidence pp. 535-541

J. M. Dowling and Ulrich Hiemenz

Can the East Asian model of development be generalized? a comment pp. 543-545

Gustav Ranis

Reply pp. 547-548

William Cline

Of markets, might and mullahs: a case for equity, pluralism and tolerance in development pp. 549-556

Emanuel De Kadt

The state of the world's population movement: Implications of the 1984 Mexico city conference pp. 557-569

Davidson R. Gwatkin

Volume 13, issue 3, 1985

Microelectronics, international competition and development strategies: The unavoidable issues -- Editor's introduction pp. 263-272

Kurt Hoffman

Electronics in India: Past strategies and future possibilities pp. 273-292

Suraj Mal Agarwal

The development of the `electronics complex' and government policies in Brazil pp. 293-309

Fabio Stefano Erber

The computer industry in the third world: Policy options and constraints pp. 311-332

David C. O'Connor

Automation and the worldwide restructuring of the electronics industry: Strategic implications for developing countries pp. 333-352

Dieter Ernst

Technical change and industrial policy: The case of computer numerically controlled lathes in Argentina, Korea and Taiwan pp. 353-370

Staffan Jacobsson

Clothing, chips and competitive advantage: The impact of microelectronics on trade and production in the garment industry pp. 371-392

Kurt Hoffman

Developing countries and the future of the automobile industry pp. 393-407

Daniel T. Jones and James P. Womack

International diffusion of technology, industrial development and technological leapfrogging pp. 409-422

Luc Soete

Electronics-based automation technologies and the onset of systemofacture: Implications for Third World industrialization pp. 423-439

Raphael Kaplinsky

Microelectronics, long waves and world structural change: New perspectives for developing countries pp. 441-463

Carlota Perez

Volume 13, issue 2, 1985

The origins of structuralism pp. 151-159

H. W. Arndt

Economic and political determinants of foreign direct investment pp. 161-175

Friedrich Schneider and Bruno Frey

Science and technology indicators and socio-economic development pp. 177-190

A. S. Bhalla and A. G. Fluitman

The international debt situation and North-South relations pp. 191-204

Frances Stewart

Incentives versus equality: What does China's recent experience show? pp. 205-217

Paul B. Trescott

Reconsidering patents and economic development: A case study of the Turkish pharmaceutical industry pp. 219-236

Arman S. Kirim

The puzzle of sharecropping: A piece refitted pp. 237-238

Robert Lucas

The puzzle of the Lucas model: A reply pp. 239-242

M.G. Quibria and Salim Rashid

The Lucas model misconstrued: Rebuttal pp. 243-243

Robert Lucas

The fifth credit tranche pp. 245-249

Sidney Dell

Some notes on work ethos and economic development pp. 251-254

M. Shahid Alam

Further thoughts on North-South negotiations: A review of Bhagwati and Ruggie pp. 255-259

Hans W. Singer

Volume 13, issue 1, 1985

Editors' introduction pp. 1-3

Gordon White and Elisabeth Croll

The problem of balance in the peripheral socialist economy: A conceptual note pp. 5-14

E. V. K. Fitzgerald

The role of the revolutionary state in the Nicaraguan food system pp. 15-40

James Austin, Jonathan Fox and Walter Kruger

Prospects for the socialist transition of agriculture in Zimbabwe pp. 41-58

Barry Munslow

Gaps in the debates about agriculture in Senegal, Tanzania and Mozambique pp. 59-76

Jonathan Barker

Economic tactics: Commercial policy and the socialization of African agriculture pp. 77-96

Maureen Mackintosh

Agricultural planning, pricing policy and co-operatives in Vietnam pp. 97-114

Christine White

Inequality and socialism in rural China: A conceptual note pp. 115-121

Marc Blecher

Hungarian agriculture: A model for the socialist world? pp. 123-150

Kathleen Hartford