Publications

Who Counts Reality? Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation: A Literature Review

IDS working papers;70

This paper presents a literature review of experiences in participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) from around the world, used in differing contexts and involving all kinds of stakeholders.

John Gaventa

Recovery of a Mexican Cluster: Devaluation Bonanza or Collective Efficiency?

IDS working papers;71

Mexico, as many other developing countries in Latin America and elsewhere, has been moving in the 1980s towards a liberalised trade regime after a long period of import-substitution. This paper analyses the impact of trade liberalisation on the cooperative behaviour of firms located in the...

Globalisation and Wage Inequalities 1870-1970

This paper studies the impact of globalisation on wage inequality in eight now-developed countries during the century prior to 1970, using the same dependent variable and methodology as research on the impact of globalisation since 1970.

The Internationalisation of Higher Education: Exporting Education to Developing and Transitional Economies

IDS working papers;75

This paper presents and discusses recently undertaken research that seeks to assess the extent to which higher education in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States has been internationalised in two key areas.

The Reasons for the Rise in Childhood Mortality During the 1980s in Zambia

IDS working papers;76

Between 1980 and 1991 the proportion of Zambian children dying before reaching five years of age rose from 15 to 19 percent. This paper explores why this happened. There are no data on trends in morbidity.

Gerald Bloom

Banking in Africa. The Impact of Financial Sector Reform since Independence

This book provides a review of the evolution of the post-independence banking system in Africa. There is a strong focus on the problems of restructuring of banking institutions and the management of the bad and non-performing assets of public sector institutions. Three themes are...

Being Poor and Becoming Poor: Poverty Status and Poverty Transitions in Rural Pakistan

IDS working papers;79

Conventional poverty profiles and poverty status regressions are often criticised by policy makers for telling them a lot about who the poor are, but very little about what to do to combat poverty. Essentially this is because the correlates of poverty status are distinct from the dynamic...

Neil McCulloch

How Can We Know What They Want? Understanding Local Perceptions of Poverty and Ill-Being in Asia

Aid donors are increasingly focused on poverty eradication and influenced by the principle of participation. They would like more insight into how poor people in poor countries understand the character, causes, correlates and cures of poverty and deprivation.

Mick Moore

CAP Reforms: Will Developing Countries Benefit?

The UK Presidency of the EU must oversee progress on the Agenda 2000 proposals to reform the common agricultural policy (CAP). The proposed reforms are limited and will not include the substantial trade liberalisation called for by critics of the CAP. This must wait for the next round of WTO...

Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation: Learning from Change

Development organisations need to know how effective their efforts have been. But who should make these judgements, and on what basis? Usually it is outside experts who take charge.

John Gaventa

Stepping Forward: Children and Young People’s Participation in the Development Process

Children and young people have much to offer the community they live in, but are often excluded I decisions and policies that affect their development, as their own opinions are ignored or overruled much of the time.

East Asia: What Happened to the Development Miracle?

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