World Development

1973 - 2025

Current editor(s): O. T. Coomes

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Volume 11, issue 12, 1983

Stabex: An evalution of the economic impact over the first five years pp. 1005-1027

Adrian Hewitt

Alternative trade strategies and employment in the Argentine manufacturing sector pp. 1029-1042

Julio Nogues

Feeding the cities and feeding the peasants: What role for Africa's women farmers? pp. 1043-1055

Jeanne Koopman Henn

Fuel, food or forest? Dilemmas in a Nepali village pp. 1057-1074

Deepak Bajracharya

Why present value calculations should not be used in choosing rural water supply technology pp. 1075-1081

George B. Baldwin

The bases of Soviet power in the Third World pp. 1083-1095

Daniel Pineye

Volume 11, issue 11, 1983

The monetarist experiment in Chile: A critical survey pp. 905-926

Ricardo Ffrench-Davis

Income distribution effects of the green revolution in India: A review of empirical evidence pp. 927-944

M. Prahladachar

Surplus labour as a source of foreign exchange? pp. 945-956

Martin Godfrey

Public expenditure planning in Papua New Guinea: an evaluation of innovation pp. 957-969

Keith Hinchliffe and Bill Allan

The benefits of long-term developmental planning: an estimate pp. 971-979

Josef Brada, Arthur E. King and Don Schlagenhauf

Operating characteristics of rural non-farm enterprises in Central Province, Kenya pp. 981-994

Glen Norcliffe

Suggestions for providing services to the handicapped in Latin America pp. 995-1004

Lewis S. Aptekar

Volume 11, issue 10, 1983

Economic development and the development of economics: Editor's introduction pp. 851-852

George Rosen

Interaction between theory and observation in development pp. 853-861

Hollis B. Chenery

The cost-benefit approach to development economics pp. 863-873

Arnold Harberger

Development dichotomies pp. 875-889

Paul Streeten

Discussion pp. 891-893

Robert Solow

Economic development and the development of economics: Some observations from the left pp. 895-899

Thomas E. Weisskopp

Economic theory and development economics: A comment pp. 901-903

Subroto Roy

Volume 11, issue 9, 1983

Penetration of industrial country markets by agricultural products from developing countries pp. 771-786

Ron Duncan and Ernst Lutz

Concentration, diversification and earnings instability: Some evidence on developing countries' exports of manufactures and primary products pp. 787-793

James Love

Trade policy in Mexico pp. 795-811

Bela Balassa

Arms production as a form of import-substituting industrialization: The Turkish case pp. 813-823

Ron Ayres

`Population pressure' on the land: Analysis of trends past and future pp. 825-834

Julian L. Simon, William Reisler and Roy Gobin

Strategies for understanding and changing local revenue policies and practices in Ghana's decentralization programme pp. 835-844

D. M. Warren and Joe D. Issachar

Production management -- the forgotten factor in the industrialization policy in developing countries pp. 845-850

P. C. L. Goonatilake

Volume 11, issue 8, 1983

Preface pp. 625-626

Neville Maxwell

Editors' introduction pp. 627-630

Neville Maxwell and Bruce McFarlane

The logic - and limits - of Chinese socialist development pp. 631-637

Mark Selden

Chinese market mechanism: A controversial debate pp. 639-645

Thierry Pairault

China's economic system reform: Underlying factors and prospects pp. 647-658

Shigeru Ishikawa

Political economy of class struggle and economic growth in China, 1950-1982 pp. 659-672

Bruce McFarlane

Bureaucratic privilege as an issue in Chinese politics pp. 673-682

Richard Kraus

Trends in Chinese enterprise management, 1978-1982 pp. 683-704

Martin Lockett and Craig R. Littler

Agriculture looks for `shoes that fit': The production responsibility system and its implications pp. 705-730

Andrew Watson

Peasant labour for urban industry: Temporary contract labour, urban-rural balance and class relations in a Chinese county pp. 731-745

Marc Blecher

Party building since Mao--a question of style? pp. 747-765

Tony Saich

Volume 11, issue 7, 1983

The role of research in policy development: The creation of the IMF cereal import facility pp. 549-563

Richard Adams

India and the Tokyo round pp. 565-574

Andre Sapir and Robert Baldwin

Guaranteeing employment to the rural poor: Social functions and class interests in the employment guarantee scheme in Western India pp. 575-592

Ronald J. Herring and Rex M. Edwards

Labour force and land distributional effects of agricultural technology: A case study of coffee pp. 593-599

Neil B. Ridler

The interest elasticity of savings in developing countries: The existing evidence pp. 601-607

Alberto Giovannini

Obstacles to world development: An ethical reflection pp. 609-624

Denis Goulet

Volume 11, issue 6, 1983

Production versus reproduction: A threat to China's development strategy pp. 467-481

Elisabeth J. Croll

Industrialization and resource allocation in a developing country: The case of recent experiences in Tanzania pp. 483-492

Samuel M. Wangwe

Foreign investment and spillover efficiency in an underdeveloped economy: Evidence from the Mexican manufacturing industry pp. 493-501

Magnus Blomstrom and Hakan Persson

Cost recovery in a project context: Some World Bank experience in tropical Africa pp. 503-514

Jacob Meerman

Interest rate subsidies on international finance as a means of assisting low-income countries pp. 515-525

Graham Bird

Technological effort and disembodied technology exports: An econometric analysis of inter-industry variations in India pp. 527-535

Sanjaya Lall and Sharif Mohammad

Constraints on assistance to refugees: Some observations from the Sudan pp. 537-547

Ahmed Karadawi

Volume 11, issue 5, 1983

Trade in a changed world economy pp. 397-403

Michael Michaely

The short-run impact of fluctuating primary commodity prices on three developing economies: Columbia, Ivory Coast and Kenya pp. 405-416

Hermann Dick, Sanjeev Gupta, Thomas Mayer and David Vincent

The importance of `natural' barriers to trade among developing countries: Some evidence from the transport cost content in Brazilian imports pp. 417-425

Rolf Langhammer

Beyond the rhetoric of rural development participation: How can it be done? pp. 427-446

David D. Gow and Jerry Vansant

Instability of government revenue and expenditure in less developed countries pp. 447-450

David Lim

North-South multipliers pp. 451-454

Hans W. Singer

The Mexican economy: Present situation, perspectives and alternatives pp. 455-465

Julio Lopez G.

Volume 11, issue 4, 1983

Lending versus giving: The economics of foreign assistance pp. 329-335

Danny Leipziger

What are the least developed countries and what benefits may result from the Paris conference? pp. 337-357

Thomas G. Weiss and Anthony Jennings

Diffusion of rural innovations: Some analytical issues and the case of wood-burning stoves pp. 359-376

Bina Agarwal

Government recurrent expenditure and economic growth in less developed countries pp. 377-380

David Lim

Chinese industrial productivity in an international context pp. 381-387

Erik Dirksen

Participant observation and logical positivism in the social sciences: A note pp. 389-390

Philip Black

Volume 11, issue 3, 1983

Editor's introduction pp. 165-167

Surendra J. Patel

Major issues concerning pharmaceutical policies in the third world pp. 169-175

Aurelie Von Wartensleben

Essential drugs for the third world pp. 177-179

Vittorio Fattorusso

Double deprivation: Public and private drug distribution from the perspective of the third world poor pp. 181-186

Dianna Melrose

Patents and trademarks in pharmaceuticals pp. 187-193

Daniel Chudnovsky

Drug costs in developing countries and policies to reduce them pp. 195-204

Mahesh S. Patel

Drug selection: Mozambique pp. 205-216

Carlos Marzagao and Malcolm Segall

International drug procurement and market intelligence: Cuba pp. 217-222

Luis R. Capo

Drug control: India pp. 223-228

S. S. Gothoskar

Drug and therapeutics committees and information pharmacy services: The United Kingdom pp. 229-236

C. F. George and D. E. Hands

National production of drugs: Egypt pp. 237-241

Essam E. Galal

Research and development in pharmaceuticals: Mexico pp. 243-250

Miguel S. Wionczek

Report of the expert committee for drugs - Bangladesh pp. 251-257

Surendra J. Patel

Pharmaceuticals in the third world: The problem from the suppliers' point of view pp. 259-264

S. Michael Peretz and oExecutive Vice-President

The right pharmaceuticals at the right prices: Consumer perspectives pp. 265-269

Anwar Fazal

Cooperation among national drug manufacturers: Asociacion Latinoamericana de Industrias Farmaceuticas (ALIFAR) pp. 271-279

Eduardo White

The main lines of cooperation among developing countries in pharmaceuticals pp. 281-287

Kumariah Balasubramaniam

Selected essential documents: A note pp. 289-289

Gloria-Veronica Koch

Volume 11, issue 2, 1983

A modified collective agriculture in rural growth-with-equity: Reconsidering the private, unimodal solution pp. 77-100

Louis Putterman

The political economy of the `recurrent cost problem' in the West African Sahel pp. 101-117

Clive Gray and Andre Martens

The economic effects of windfall gains in export earnings, 1975-1978 pp. 119-139

Jeffrey M. Davis

Appropriate policies towards multinational hotel corporations in developing countries pp. 141-152

Matthew McQueen

The elasticity of the tax system of Zambia, 1966-1977 pp. 153-162

William J. Byrne

Volume 11, issue 1, 1983

Socializing adaptation: A perspective on world capitalism pp. 1-10

Sayre P. Schatz

World economy, level development and income distribution: An integration of different approaches to the explanation of income inequality pp. 11-20

Volker Bornschier

ELL (The Equivalent Length of Life) or another attempt at measuring development pp. 21-29

Jacques Silber

Integrated regional development planning: Linking urban centres and rural areas in Bolivia pp. 31-53

Dennis A. Rondinelli and Hugh Evans

The immigration of Third World professionals to Canada: 1968-1973 pp. 55-64

Don DeVoretz and Dennis Maki

Portugal, Turkey and Peru: Three successful stabilization programmes under the auspices of the IMF pp. 65-70

Christine A. Bogdanowicz-Bindert

Confusion over measuring the relative worth of trade and aid pp. 71-72

Anthony Thirlwall

Paul Rosenstein-Rodan: An appreciation pp. 73-75

Sukhamoy Chakravarty