Publications

Commodity Aid and Counterpart Funds in Africa

The paper reports on a workshop on commodity aid and counterpart funds in Africa, held at IDS, Sussex, in January 1991.  Counterpart funds are local currency obtained from the sale of commodities or foreign exchange received as aid and over whose use the donor retains some control. They are of...

Simon Maxwell

Development Periodicals Index 1990

It contains articles dealing with economic and social conditions, problems and theory: works on education and agriculture are also included. Geographical coverage is limited to works on the Third World with special emphasis given to works published in the Third World itself.

The Role of Religion in Conflict Situations

Early Warning in the Sahel and Horn of Africa: The State of the Art: A Review of the Literature

An early warning system can be defined as a system of data collection to monitor access to food in order to provide timely notice when a food crisis threatens and thus to elicit appropriate response. This study reviews the prolific literature on early warning systems.

A Guide to Famine Early Warning and Food Information Systems in the Sahel and Horn of Africa

This guide is the second of 3 volumes which examine the literature on early warning systems in the Sahel and Horn of Africa. It aims to provide comprehensive coverage of all the major systems in the region.

Researching the Household: Methodological and Empirical Issues

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This issue of the IDS Bulletin arises from a workshop on 'Household Arrangements as a Factor in Adjustment' held at the IDS in January 1990. It was convened as a way of furthering work within the IDS on the gender dimension in the analysis of the social impact of structural adjustment in...

Foreign Investment Revisited

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African Successes: Four public managers on Kenyan Rural Development

David Leonard

Food Security and the Environment: Conflict or Complementarity?

Melissa Leach

Food Security and the Environment: A Select Annotated Bibliography

This Bibliography explores the links between food security and the environment. It aims to identify material that directly addresses the relationship between food security and the environment and to indicate other literature which provides useful insights into the issue.

Real Aid: What Europe Can Do

Investigates the EC aid programme.

The Revenge of the Poor: the Anti-Poll Tax Campaign in Britain

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The last three years have witnessed the emergence of a most remarkable mass movement in the UK. In announcing to the House of Commons his intention to abandon the poll tax the Prime Minister, John Major, explicitly admitted that the primary reason for this stunning about-turn was the fact that...

Danny Burns