Brazil is one of many countries striving for international competitiveness. It is argued that sustained industrial competitiveness rests not only on firms' capabilities and a stable economic framework, but also on a supporting, sector-specific, specialised environment, in addition to targeted...
1 January 1995
This study shows that in Korea, husbands' attitudes, in particular the fear of infidelity, are an important factor in influencing women's access to paid work, but that women have resisted such control over their working conditions.
1 January 1995
Laos suffered an economic crisis in the mid 1980s and has since been implementing a programme of economic and institutional reform. This report describes the Lao health system and analyses the impact of economic constraints and the reform programme on the health sector.
1 January 1995
Uganda has been implementing simultaneous economic and political reforms since 1986. The interaction between these two sets of reforms is considered in this report which argues that political liberalization has not had a significant influence on the progress of economic reform.
1 January 1995
In-depth research in three poor counties in China provides a unique picture of the impact of economic and institutional reform on health services in areas where development lags behind the rest of the country.
1 January 1995
Claims about history figure prominently in contemporary ecofeminist and activist concerns with gender and the environment. This paper addresses such claims and considers the historical narratives and their uses in contemporary gender-environment debates.
1 January 1995
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This IDS Bulletin moves beyond to emphasize the application of gender analysis to environmental relations: seeing women as differentiated and in relation to men; and paying attention to the links between gender relations with environmental activities, responsibilities and rights.
1 January 1995
The conclusion of the GATT Uruguay Round and the setting up of the World Trade Organization provide a major opportunity for establishing a new food aid regime within a liberalising global economy.
1 January 1995
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This paper asks whether the chances of export-oriented industrialization in countries with low skill/land ratios seem better when the definition of manufactures is broadened to include processed primary products.
1 January 1995
The European economy faces a crisis of competitiveness. This book looks at the experiences of 13 leading European companies, demonstrating how organization has been the key to their productivity growth.
1 January 1995
This book reviews major initiatives to increase the supply and reduce the consumption of domestic energy, and explores the possibility of an alternative biomass energy strategy which relates more closely to the needs of rural people.
1 January 1995
Recent years have seen a major rethinking of some of the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range management practice. This book examines the management and policy implications of new ecological thinking for pastoral development in dryland areas, and the consequences of living with...
1 January 1995
