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1 January 1998
Published by: IDS
In this Bulletin, European aid and development professionals critically examine the significant contribution that the WDR97 makes to the debate about the role of government in development. They explore the 'strategy' advocated by the Report's authors of 'matching role to capability'; adapting what governments do, and how they do it, to their capability.
1 January 1998
Published by: IDS
Under the Maoist regime, China was held up by many as a successful model of development, providing basic needs including primary health care and education to a large population at very low levels of income. Since reform, the country has again become a 'model' of poverty reduction through economic growth.
1 January 1998
Published by: IDS
This paper reviews the impact of financial liberalisation on monetary policy in Nigeria, examining in particular the progress made in the transition from direct to indirect forms of monetary management.
1 January 1998
Published by: IDS
This paper constitutes a preliminary output of the ODA-funded research programme on sustainable livelihoods being carried out by the Institute of Development Studies and the Poverty Research Unit at the University of Sussex, in collaboration with the International Institute for Environment and Development.
1 January 1998
International concern over the extent and rate of tropical deforestation has intensified, whether for interests of biodiversity, climate change, forest peoples or respect for nature. West Africa is assumed to have experienced the most dramatic deforestation of all, supporting cataclysmic climate predictions.
1 January 1998
Published by: IDS
The concept of 'sustainable livelihoods' is increasingly important in the development debate. This paper outlines a framework for analysing sustainable livelihoods, defined here in relation to five key indicators.
1 January 1998
Published by: Routledge
The contributions of this volume offer a fresh approach to analysing the problem of corruption in developing countries and the best means to tackle the phenomenon. They draw on a wide variety of theoretical traditions and are interdisciplinary in their approach, reflecting the fact that corruption cannot be understood through the lens of economic or political analysis alone.
1 January 1998
Published by: IDS
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.
1 January 1998
Published by: IDS
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 footwear cluster of Guadalajara.
1 January 1998
Published by: IDS
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.