World Development

1973 - 2025

Current editor(s): O. T. Coomes

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Volume 8, issue 12, 1980

Editor's introduction pp. 929-930

Edward Dommen

Some distinguishing characteristics of island states pp. 931-943

Edward Dommen

Smallness and islandness pp. 945-951

Percy Selwyn

The demography of micro-states pp. 953-962

John C. Caldwell, Graham E. Harrison and Pat Quiggin

Islands and the demographic transition pp. 969-993

John G. Cleland and Susheela Singh

Epidemics, health and disease in a small, isolated environment pp. 995-1013

Ian Prior and John Stanhope

Monetary and central banking problems of mini states pp. 1017-1025

Deena R. Khatkhate and Brock K. Short

A programme for agriculture in island plantation economies pp. 1027-1033

Jean Crusol and Louis Crusol

Labour policy in the plantation islands pp. 1035-1050

Roland Lamusse

Sociology, islands and boundaries pp. 1051-1059

David Pitt

Volume 8, issue 11, 1980

Economic stabilization Latin America: Political dimensions - editor's introduction pp. 823-832

Alejandro Foxley and Laurence Whitehead

The international environment for adjustment in developing countries pp. 833-842

Sidney Dell

Mexico from bust to boom: A political evaluation of the 1976-1979 stabilization programme pp. 843-864

Laurence Whitehead

Inflation, stabilization and attempted redemocratization in Peru, 1975-1979 pp. 865-886

Alan Angell and Rosemary Thorp

Stabilization policies and stagflation: The cases of Brazil and Chile pp. 887-912

Alejandro Foxley

Discipline as the central objective of economic policy: An essay on the economic programme of the Argentine government since 1976 pp. 923-928

Adolfo Canitrot

Volume 8, issue 10, 1980

Beyond the slogan of South-South co-operation pp. 743-751

Mahbub Ul Haq

Displacement of labour by imports of manufactures pp. 753-762

Henryk Kierzkowski

The impact of declining terms of trade and inflation on the export proceeds and debt burden of developing countries pp. 763-768

Patrick Guillaumont

The forest resource and rural energy development pp. 769-780

Matthew S. Gamser

International trade in used cars and problems of economic development pp. 781-788

Herbert Grubel

The international automotive industry and the developing world pp. 789-812

Sanjaya Lall

Financial institutions and technology policy pp. 813-822

V. V. Bhatt

Volume 8, issue 9, 1980

Famines pp. 613-621

Amartya Sen

Workers' self-management and planning: The Yugoslav case pp. 623-638

Cyrus Ardalan

Some methods of poverty analysis: An application to Iranian data, 1975-1976 pp. 639-646

Wouter Van Ginneken

The growth and decline of import substitution in Brazil -- revisited pp. 647-675

Richard Weisskoff

The trouble with index-linking: Reflections on the recent Brazilian Experience pp. 677-703

Werner Baer and Paul Beckerman

A model for the planning of new settlement projects pp. 705-723

Raanan Weitz, David Pelley and Levia Applebaum

The choice of sugar cane processing technique for Pakistan pp. 725-739

David W. Delasanta and Robert P. Morgan

Volume 8, issue 7-8, 1980

Religious values and social limits to development pp. 467-479

Charles K. Wilber and Kenneth Jameson

Development experts: The one-eyed giants pp. 481-489

Denis Goulet

The religious factor in economic development pp. 491-501

Cynthia Taft Morris and Irma Adelman

Religious attitudes and development in Dakar, Senegal pp. 503-512

Lucy Creevey

Islam and development pp. 513-521

Ibrahim A. Ragab and Ibrahim A. Ragab

African independent churches and economic development pp. 523-533

Harold W. Turner

The Catholic Church and development in Latin America: The role of the Basic Christian Communities pp. 535-544

Thomas C. Bruneau

Religion and development in South-east Asia: A comparative study pp. 545-553

Fred R. Von Der Mehden

Islam in Iran: Turmoil, transformation or transcendence? pp. 555-561

Manning Nash

Islam and development: The Zia regime in Pakistan pp. 563-575

Saleem Qureshi

Buddhist values and development problems: A case study of Sri Lanka pp. 577-586

Trevor Ling

The role of Buddhist monks in development pp. 587-589

A. T. Ariyaratne

Christian praxis for change: A Caribbean experiment pp. 591-601

Kortright Davis

Attitudes toward development among Catholics in Sri Lanka pp. 603-612

Francois Houtart

Volume 8, issue 5-6, 1980

Economic lessons from some small socialist developing countries pp. 337-369

David Morawetz

Technical rigidity and appropriate technology in less developed countries pp. 371-398

David J. C. Forsyth, Norman S. McBain and Robert F. Solomon

The prevalence of calorie-deficient diets in developing countries pp. 399-411

Shlomo Reutlinger and Harold Alderman

Wages and employment in Indian agriculture pp. 413-428

Ajit Kumar Ghose

Small establishments as exporters of manufactures: Tentative evidence from Malaysia pp. 429-442

Mathias Bruch

Aid, politics and hospitals in Western Samoa pp. 443-455

J. Stephen Hoadley

Tourism and tradition in Bali pp. 457-466

W. Donald McTaggart

Volume 8, issue 4, 1980

Dynamism and development pp. 275-290

Harlan Cleveland and I. H. Abdel Rahman

Why economic growth is slow pp. 291-298

Everett E. Hagen

Social indicators, growth and distribution pp. 299-302

Danny Leipziger and Maureen Lewis

Industrial processing of natural resources pp. 303-316

David Wall

Saving, investment, growth and the cost of financial repression pp. 317-327

Maxwell J. Fry

Integration among unequals: The Southern African Customs Union and Development pp. 329-336

Jim Cobbe

Volume 8, issue 3, 1980

The value of gold as a reserve asset pp. 175-192

David A. Brodsky and Gary P. Sampson

Educating the international manager: Some issues in the African context pp. 193-204

Amon J. Nsekela

Industrial processing and location: A study of tin pp. 205-212

David Lim

Participation's place in rural development: Seeking clarity through specificity pp. 213-235

John M. Cohen and Norman T. Uphoff

Basic needs: The case of Sri Lanka pp. 237-258

Paul Isenman

Cropping systems, structural change and rural-urban migration in Brazil pp. 259-272

William S. Saint and William W. Goldsmith

Volume 8, issue 2, 1980

Some basic questions on human rights and development pp. 97-105

Emanuel De Kadt

Basic needs and human rights pp. 107-111

Paul Streeten

Contemporary protectionism and exports of developing countries pp. 113-127

Gary P. Sampson

Tariff valuation, transport cost and the establishment of trade preferences among developing countries pp. 129-136

Alexander J. Yeats

Political econometry of official development assistance pp. 137-144

Michael Beenstock

Investment in Indian education: Uneconomic? pp. 145-163

Stephen P. Heyneman

Appropriate technology in sugar manufacturing--a reply pp. 165-166

David J. C. Forsyth

More on appropriate technology in sugar manufacturing pp. 167-174

Robin Alpine and James Pickett

Volume 8, issue 1, 1980

Migration from rural areas of poor countries: The impact on rural productivity and income distribution pp. 1-24

Michael Lipton

The determinants of interregional migration in Kenya pp. 25-35

William J. House and Henry Rempel

Recent declines in fertility in less developed countries, and what `population planners' may learn from them pp. 37-60

Nick Eberstadt

Inter-country comparison of `real' (PPP) incomes: Revised estimates and unresolved questions pp. 61-72

Paul Isenman

Squatters, collective action, and participation: Learning from Lusaka pp. 73-85

Coralie Bryant

Galbraith revisited: advertising in non-affluent societies pp. 87-96

Jeffrey James and Stephen Lister