World Development

1973 - 2025

Current editor(s): O. T. Coomes

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Volume 9, issue 11-12, 1981

Development from below: Local Development Associations in the Yemen Arab Republic pp. 1039-1061

John M. Cohen, Mary Hebert, David B. Lewis and Jon C. Swanson

Brazilian socioeconomic development: Issues for the eighties pp. 1063-1082

Peter T. Knight

Growth with equity: The Cuban experience (1959-1980) pp. 1083-1096

Claes Brundenius

An assessment of agricultural development policies in Iran pp. 1097-1108

Haleh Afshar

Segmented labour markets without policy-induced labour market distortions pp. 1109-1114

Jaime Mezzera

Recession, inflation and the international monetary system pp. 1115-1128

Ariel Buira Seira

Some unresolved problems of the African Development Bank pp. 1129-1139

Kwame D. Fordwor

Volume 9, issue 9-10, 1981

Socialism and development: Editors' introduction pp. 803-811

Kenneth Jameson and Charles K. Wilber

The Burmese way to `socialism' pp. 813-824

Allen Fenichel and Azfar Khan

Iraqi and Syrian socialism: An economic appraisal pp. 825-837

Fred Gotthell

Tanzanian and African socialism pp. 839-849

James H. Weaver and Alexander Kronemer

Prospects and problems of the transition from agrarianism to socialism: The case of Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique pp. 851-870

Tetteh A. Kofi

Socialist Cuba and the intermediate regimes of Jamaica and Guyana pp. 871-888

Kenneth Jameson

The North Korean model: Gaps and questions pp. 889-905

Jon Halliday

Romania and Greec--socialism vs capitalism pp. 907-928

Nicholas Burakow

A socialist model of economic development: The Polish and Bulgarian experiences pp. 929-950

George R. Feiwell

Establishing self-governing socialism in a less developed country pp. 951-964

Branko Horvat

Some properties of the Eastern European growth pattern pp. 965-970

János Kornai

On the role of management in socialist development pp. 971-977

Andrew Zimbalist

Agricultural productivity under socialism pp. 979-989

Michael Ellman

The optimal rate of industrialization in developed and developing centrally-planned economies: A general equilibrium approach pp. 991-1004

Josef Brada, Marvin R. Jackson and Arthur E. King

Human rights, Third World socialism and Cuba pp. 1005-1017

Adamantia Pollis

Women's emancipation under socialism: A model for the Third World? pp. 1019-1037

Maxine Molyneux

Volume 9, issue 8, 1981

The two World Wars and economic development: Editor's introduction pp. 701-705

Barbara Ingham and Colin Simmons

Latin American manufacturing and the First World War: An exploratory essay pp. 707-716

Rory Miller

Latin America and the Great War: A preliminary survey of developments in Chile, Peru, Argentina and Brazil pp. 717-734

Bill Albert and Paul Henderson

The First World War and the origins of the dual policy of development in Kenya 1914-1922 pp. 735-748

Ian R. G. Spencer

Imperial dictate: The effect of the two World Wars on the Indian coal industry pp. 749-771

Colin Simmons

Engineering and the First World War: A case study of the Lancashire cotton spinning machine industry pp. 773-791

Robert Kirk and Colin Simmons

The impact of war on Russian and Soviet development 1850-1950 pp. 793-802

Peter Gatrell

Volume 9, issue 7, 1981

Implications of the effective revaluation of reserve asset gold: The case for a gold account for development pp. 589-600

David A. Brodsky and Gary P. Sampson

Reserve currency consolidation, gold policy and financial flows to developing countries: Mechanisms for an aid-augmented substitution account pp. 609-619

Graham Bird

Redistribution, demand structure and factor requirements: The case of India pp. 621-635

Roger Berry

Manpower and educational shortages in the Arab world: An interim strategy pp. 637-655

R. Paul Shaw

Pirates and invaders: Land acquisition in urban Colombia and Venezuela pp. 657-678

Alan Gilbert

State trading organizations: A bias decision model and applications pp. 679-694

Alfred Saulniers

Indicators of development and data availability: The case of the PQLI pp. 695-699

David A. Brodsky and Dani Rodrik

Volume 9, issue 6, 1981

Toward a service-oriented growth strategy pp. 499-514

Werner Baer and Larry Samuelson

The changing post-war pattern of development: The accumulated wisdom of Samir Amin pp. 515-537

Jonathan Schiffer

The refsnes seminar: Economic theory and north-south negotiations pp. 539-555

Gerald K. Helleiner

Massive transfers and mutual interests pp. 557-562

Dudley Seers

An analysis of drawings on the international monetary fund by developing countries pp. 563-568

Graham Bird and Timothy Orme

The military in politics: Who benefits and how pp. 569-582

Nicole Ball

Beyond the slogan of South-South co-operation pp. 583-585

Arturo L. Goetz

Volume 9, issue 5, 1981

Indicators of rural inequality pp. 401-427

Alfonso Peter Castro, N. Thomas Hakansson and David Brokensha

Dependence and industrialization strategies pp. 429-434

Michael Roemer

North-South interdependence: The case of the Federal Republic of Germany pp. 435-452

Siegfried Schultz, Dieter Schumacher and Herbert Wilkens

Firm-level export performance in an inward-looking economy: The Indian engineering industry pp. 453-463

Sanjaya Lall and Rajiv Kumar

The funding of development research pp. 465-483

Lyn Gorman

The influence of trade and commercial barriers on the industrial processing of natural resources pp. 485-494

Alexander J. Yeats

Reply pp. 495-498

David Wall

Volume 9, issue 4, 1981

Sources of innovation in agricultural technology pp. 321-336

Stephen D. Biggs and Edward J. Clay

Measurement of deprivation and poverty based on the proportion spent on food: An exploratory exercise pp. 337-353

V. V. Bhanoji Rao

Productivity, mechanization and skills: A test of the Hirschman hypothesis for Latin American industry pp. 355-371

Simon Teitel

The determinants of export subsidiary formation by US transnationals in developing countries: An inter-industry analysis pp. 373-382

Colin Kirkpatrick and M. Yamin

Non-multinational firms and transfer of technology to less developed countries pp. 383-387

Ghayur Alam and John Langrish

Development statistics and correlations: A comment on Hicks and Streeten pp. 389-397

Donald McGranahan, Claude Richard and Eduardo Pizarro

Reply pp. 399-399

Norman Hicks and Paul Streeten

Volume 9, issue 3, 1981

Economic development in a changing world pp. 221-226

Keith Griffin

Fostering the capital-goods sector in LDCs pp. 227-250

Howard Pack

Development planning and appropriate technology: A dilemma and a proposal pp. 251-262

Gene Ellis

Trade in manufactured goods: patterns of change pp. 263-275

Bela Balassa

Poverty and unemployment in India: An analysis of recent evidence pp. 277-300

Pravin Visaria

Pakistan's development: An overview pp. 301-314

Shahid Javed Burki

More on the emigration of the peasantry pp. 315-318

Stephen Easton

Volume 9, issue 2, 1981

Perspectives and problems of development in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 109-147

Shankar N. Acharya

Higher education and social redistribution in a socialist society: The Chinese case pp. 149-166

Gordon White

Meeting basic needs: An overview pp. 167-182

Shahid Javed Burki and Mahbub Ul Haq

Income instability and consumption-savings in South Korean farm households, 1965-1970 pp. 183-191

Y. K. Ro, D. W. Adams and L. J. Hushak

Dual-gap analysis for the Sudan pp. 193-200

M. El-Shibly and Anthony Thirlwall

Brick manufacturing in Columbia: A case study of alternative technologies pp. 201-213

Mary Ann Baily

Comment on Isenman, `basic needs: The case of Sri Lanka' pp. 215-216

P. J. Richards

Reply pp. 217-218

Paul Isenman

Food security issues in the Arab near east: A report of the United Nations Economic Commission for West Asia: Edited by A.A. El-Sherbini (Oxford: Pergamon Press, pp. 241) pp. 219-220

Radha Sinha

Financing mining projects in developing countries: A United Nations study: By Marian Radetzki and Stephen Zorn (London: Mining Journal Books Ltd. in co-operation with the United Nations, 1979) pp. 220-220

Helen Hughes

Volume 9, issue 1, 1981

Rural poverty unperceived: Problems and remedies pp. 1-19

Robert Chambers

The generation of technologies in rural areas pp. 21-35

Amilcar O. Herrera

Education, employment and inequality in LDCs pp. 37-54

George Psacharopoulos

Co-operatives and the poor: A comparative perspective pp. 55-72

Uma Lele

Income distribution, basic needs and trade-offs with growth: The case of semi-industrialized Latin American countries pp. 73-92

Marcelo Selowsky

Assertive pragmatism and the Multinational Enterprise pp. 93-105

Sayre P. Schatz