Journal of International Development

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2008, volume 20, articles 8

Historical roots of poverty: A symposium pp. 987-995

Sue Bowden and Paul Mosley

The 'reversal of fortune' thesis and the compression of history: Perspectives from African and comparative economic history pp. 996-1027

Gareth Austin

Economic development and fluctuations in earnings inequality in the very long run: The evidence from Latin America 1900-2000 pp. 1028-1048

Valpy FitzGerald

Measuring and explaining poverty in six African countries: A long-period approach pp. 1049-1079

Sue Bowden, Blessing Chiripanhura and Paul Mosley

Chasing mosquitoes: An exploration of the relationship between economic growth, poverty and the elimination of malaria in Southern Europe in the 20th century pp. 1080-1106

Sue Bowden, Domna Maria Michailidou and Alvaro Pereira

Confronting colonial legacies-lessons from human development in Ghana and Kenya, 1880-2000 pp. 1107-1121

Alexander Moradi

Mineral resource abundance and regional growth in Spain, 1860-2000 pp. 1122-1135

Jordi Domenech

2008, volume 20, articles 7

Why isn't South Africa growing faster? Microeconomic evidence from a firm survey pp. 837-868

George Clarke, James Habyarimana, David Kaplan and Vijaya Ramachandran

Can macroeconomic policy stimulate private investment in South Africa? New insights from aggregate and manufacturing sector-level evidence pp. 869-887

Leonce Ndikumana

Life satisfaction in Malawi and the importance of relative consumption, polygamy and religion pp. 888-904

Timothy Hinks and Simon Davies

Cattle's effect on land and labour productivity: Evidence from Zambia pp. 905-919

Robert E. Smith

The impact of African growth and opportunity act (Agoa) on U.S. imports from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) pp. 920-941

Bedassa Tadesse and Bichaka Fayissa

Internationalisation and firm performance: Evidence from estimates of efficiency in banking in Namibia and Tanzania pp. 942-964

Charles C. Okeahalam

Paying for environmental services: The case of Brazilian Amazonia pp. 965-981

Anthony Hall

Land, poverty and livelihoods in an era of globalisation. Edited by Akram-Lodhi AH, Borras SM, Jr., Kay C (Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2007, pp. 414, ISBN 978-Ø-415-41449-4.) pp. 982-983

John Cusworth

Michael Reid, forgotten continent. The battle for latin America's soul (New Haven and London: Yale University Press; 2007, pp. 384, ISBN 978-0-300-11616-8) pp. 984-985

Gian Luca Gardini

2008, volume 20, articles 6

Discourses, dynamics and disquiet: Multiple knowledges in science, society and development pp. 727-738

Melissa Leach, Andy Sumner and Linda Waldman

Our knowledge ourselves: Engineers (re)thinking technology in development pp. 739-750

Gordon Wilson

Development studies and cross-disciplinarity: Research at the social science-physical science interface pp. 751-767

Andy Sumner and Michael Tribe

Reframing expert support for development management pp. 768-782

Martin Reynolds

Positioning climate change in sustainable development discourse pp. 783-803

Natasha Grist

What contribution can insights from the complexity sciences make to the theory and practice of development management? pp. 804-820

Chris Mowles, Ralph Stacey and Douglas Griffin

Ict and development studies: Towards development 2.0 pp. 821-835

Mark Thompson

2008, volume 20, articles 5

Wellbeing in international development: what's new? pp. 577-597

James Copestake

Performance and trade-offs in Microfinance Organisations-does ownership matter? pp. 598-612

Roy Mersland and Reidar Strøm

Foreign exchange pressures in Latin America: does debt matter? pp. 613-627

Alex (Alexandros) Mandilaras and Graham Bird

Assessing protectionism and subsidies in agriculture-a gravity approach pp. 628-640

Claudio Paiva

Trees, trust and the state: a comparison of participatory forest management in Pakistan and Tanzania pp. 641-653

Babar Shahbaz, Gimbage Mbeyale and Tobias Haller

Bolsa Família and the needy: is allocation contributing to equity in Brazil? pp. 654-669

Mônica A. Haddad

Poverty alleviation and the industrial employment of women (the case of Nepal) pp. 670-685

Sanjaya Acharya

Household consumption of infant foods in two low-income districts in Malawi pp. 686-697

Levison Stanley Chiwaula and Ben M. Kaluwa

What fundamentally drives growth? Revisiting the institutions and economic performance debate pp. 698-725

Jessica Henson Decker and Jamus Lim

2008, volume 20, articles 4

Surfing in the air: a grounded theory of the dynamics of street life and its policy implications pp. 413-436

Alessandro Conticini

Joint estimation of information acquisition and adoption of new technologies under uncertainty pp. 437-451

Awudu Abdulai, Pierre Monnin and Jacques Gerber

An analysis of food security and poverty in Central Asia-case study from Kazakhstan pp. 452-465

Valerie Rhoe, Suresh Babu and William Reidhead

Improving the capacity to respond: examining the experiences of short-term tsunami relief staff pp. 466-480

Suellen Murray and Matthew Clarke

Small island states development challenges: introduction pp. 481-485

Mark McGillivray, Wim Naudé and Amelia Santos-Paulino

Pacific islands' bilateral trade: the role of remoteness and of transport costs pp. 486-501

Lisa Borgatti

Foreign direct investment in small island developing states pp. 502-525

Robert Read

Public sector efficiency, foreign aid and small island developing states pp. 526-546

Simon Feeny and Mark Rogers

Estimating the net effects of migration and remittances on poverty and inequality: comparison of Fiji and Tonga pp. 547-571

Richard P.C. Brown and Eliana Jimenez

Research skills for policy and development. how to find out fast (2nd edn). Edited by A. THOMAS and G. MOHAN 2007 (London: Sage Publications). (ISBN: 978-1-4129-4564-6) pp. 573-574

Nick James

Poverty & social deprivation in the mediterranean: trends, policies & welfare prospects in the new millennium. Edited by MARIA PETMESIDOU and CHRISTOS PAPATHEODOROU (Bergen: Zed books, CROP International Studies in Poverty Research, 2007, pp. 414) pp. 574-575

Miha Staut

Transforming microfinance institutions: providing full financial services to the poor by JOANNA LEDGERWOOD and VICTORIA WHITE (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2006) pp. 575-576

Onyebuchi Ralph Chima

2008, volume 20, articles 3

Exploring housing subsidies to households in Russia pp. 257-279

Ellen Hamilton, Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee and Maka Lomaia

Monopsonistic exploitation in contract farming: articulating a strategy for grower cooperation pp. 280-296

Sashi Sivramkrishna and Amalendu Jyotishi

The role of the state in the Turkish earthquake of 1999 pp. 297-310

Tim Jacoby and Alpaslan Özerdem

Public-private partnerships in developing countries: are infrastructures responding to the new ODA strategy? pp. 311-325

Argentino Pessoa

Congo and Korea: a study in divergence pp. 326-346

Phillip Garner

International agricultural research as a global public good: concepts, the CGIAR experience and policy issues pp. 347-379

Dana G. Dalrymple

Livelihood diversification strategies, incomes and soil management strategies: a case study from Kerio Valley, Kenya pp. 380-397

Miyuki Iiyama, Patrick Kariuki, Patti Kristjanson, Simeon Kaitibie and Joseph Maitima

Field notes on administering shock modules pp. 398-402

Joachim De Weerdt

Africa and development challenges in the new millennium: The NEPAD debate. Edited by J. O. Adésínà, Yao Graham and A. Olukoshi (London and New York: Zed Books, Pretoria: UNISA Press, in association with CODESRIA, Dakar, 2006, pp. 288 + xvi) pp. 403-404

Sylvia I. Bergh

Policy matters: economic and social policies to sustain equitable development. Edited by Jose Antonio Ocampo, K.S. Jomo and Sarbuland Khan (London and New York: Zed Books, Penang: Third World Network and Hyderabad: Orient Longman in Association with the United Nations, 2007, pp. xv + 347) pp. 404-405

Anibel Ferus-Comelo

Good governance and development. Edited by B.C. Smith, (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, pp. xiii + 320) pp. 406-406

Gerard Clarke

Security by other means: foreign assistance, global poverty and American leadership. Edited by Lael Brainard (Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press and Centre for Strategic and International Studies, 2006. pp. 364 + xi) pp. 407-409

Alan Ingram

In or out of the mainstream? Lessons from research on disability and development cooperation. Edited by Bill Albert pp. 407-407

Sally Hartley

The poor always pay back: the Grameen II story by Asif Dowla and Dipal Barua (Kumarian Press, 2006, pp. 263, ISBN 1-56549-231-5) pp. 409-411

Rita Mathew

Solving the riddle of globalization and development. Edited by Manuel R. Agosin, David E. Bloom, Georges Chapelier and Jagdish Saigal (London: Routledge for and on behalf of UNCTAD-UNDP Global Programme on Globalization, Liberalization and Sustainable Human Development, 2007). Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy. ISBN: 978-0-415-77031-6, H|bk, 272pp; ISBN: 978-0-415-77032-3, P|bk, 272pp pp. 411-412

Alice Sindzingre

2008, volume 20, articles 2

Poverty, networks and location: the determinants of job-search in South Africa pp. 117-131

Timothy Hinks

Measuring regional inequality of education in China: widening coast-inland gap or widening rural-urban gap? pp. 132-144

Xiaolei Qian and Russell Smyth

The business cycle in postwar Lebanon pp. 145-160

Ghassan Dibeh

Geopolitics and the effect of foreign aid on economic growth: 1970-2001 pp. 161-180

Derek Headey

Relationships among household saving, public saving, corporate saving and economic growth in India pp. 181-186

Dipendra Sinha and Tapen Sinha

Introduction: European Union Development Aid Policy-the challenge of implementation pp. 187-192

Stephen J. H. Dearden

Alleviating the consequences of marginalisation? EU aid policy towards the Caribbean ACPs pp. 193-204

Peter L. Clegg

EU aid policy towards the Pacific ACPs pp. 205-217

Stephen J. H. Dearden

Better aid, less ownership: multi-annual programming and the EU's development strategies in Africa pp. 218-229

Maurizio Carbone

Development through integration? EU aid reform and the evolution of Mediterranean aid policy pp. 230-244

Patrick Holden

The economics of microfinance, by Beatriz Armendariz de Aghion and Jonathan Morduch (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2005, pp. 352) pp. 245-246

Marek Hudon

Small firms and the environment in developing countries: collective impacts collective actions, edited by Allen Blackman (Washington DC: Resource for the Future, 2006 pp. 246) pp. 247-248

Caterina De Lucia

India's and China's recent experience with reform and growth. Edited by Wanda Tseng and David Cowen (London: Palgrave Macmillan for the International Monetary Fund, 2005, pp. 307) pp. 248-249

John Thoburn

Tourists, migrants and refugees: population movements in third world development by Milica Z. Bookman (Lynne Rienner Publishers: Boulder, London, 2006, pp. 217) pp. 250-251

Jane Carnaffan

Indigenous peoples and poverty: an international perspective, edited by Robyn Eversole, John-Andrew McNeish and Alberto D. Cimadamore (Zed Books: London, 2005, pp. 320). ISBN 1-84277-679-7 pp. 251-252

Paul W. Hanson

Promoting democracy in postconflict societies, by J. De Zeeuw and K. Kumar (eds) (2006). Lynne Rienner Publishing: Boulder and London. ISBN 978-1-58826-422-0 (pbk) ISBN 1-58826-446-7 (hbk) pp. 252-254

Alex Jeffrey

Escape from empire: the developing world's journey through heaven and hell, by Alice H. Amsden (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2007, pp. 197) pp. 254-255

Richard Edward Martinez

2008, volume 20, articles 1

Gender and collective action: motivations, effectiveness and impact pp. 1-11

Lauren Pandolfelli, Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Stephan Dohrn

Separate but equal? The gendered nature of social capital in rural Philippine communities pp. 13-33

Marie Godquin and Agnes Quisumbing

Gender, social capital and information exchange in rural Uganda pp. 35-52

Enid Katungi, Svetlana Edmeades and Melinda Smale

Gender and local floodplain management institutions: a case study from Bangladesh pp. 53-68

Parvin Sultana and Paul Thompson

Local organisation and gender in water management: a case study from the Kenya Highlands pp. 69-81

Elizabeth Were, Jessica Roy and Brent Swallow

Collective action in agrobiodiversity management: gendered rules of reputation, trust and reciprocity in Kerala, India pp. 83-97

Martina Aruna Padmanabhan

A framework for evaluating effectiveness and inclusiveness of collective action in watershed management pp. 99-116

Laura German and Hailemichael Taye