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1 January 1999
Published by: IDS
This IDS Bulletin presents the key background papers from a major conference on the East Asian Crisis held at IDS in July 1998. A group of experts from different backgrounds, including international finance, macroeconomic and social policy, and development strategy, came together to discuss the causes of the crisis.
1 January 1999
The book is systematically comparative, and based upon extensive popular surveys and local fieldwork. It makes an important contribution to current debates in the development literature on whether 'good governance' and decentralisation can provide more responsive and effective services for the mass of the population - the poor and disadvantaged who live in the rural areas.
1 January 1999
1 January 1999
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This study examines approaches to health care seeking and financing by households living in communities in two poor rural districts of Uganda.
1 January 1999
Published by: IDS
This paper examines family-level determinants of schooling for boys and girls in Guinea using bivariate and multivariate analyses on data collected from school surveys.
1 January 1999
Published by: IDS
Participation of communities is widely argued to be an important factor in improving health outcomes and the performance of health systems.
1 January 1999
Published by: IDS
The 1990s have seen increased interest on the part of Western governments in funding civil society in Africa in an attempt to promote the continent's democratisation process. This discussion paper examines how a range of foreign donors has developed civil society initiatives in Ghana, Uganda and South Africa.
1 January 1999
Fresh fruit exported from Chile, and many other developing countries, has become commonplace in our supermarkets during the winter months. Employment in this branch of agribusiness is mainly seasonal and employs large numbers of women workers.
1 January 1999
Published by: IDS
The collective efficiency model contends that joint action is essential for coping with new challenges. This paper discusses how enterprises in the Lake Victoria fish cluster operate, interact and address common challenges facing the industry. It suggests that the lack of effective institutions and the existing power relations explain the inability of the cluster to respond effectively to recent crises.
1 January 1999
Published by: IDS
This paper has two objectives. The first is to discuss the experience of carrying out research in a village in Mali as part of a multi-country, comparative research programme on the theme of Sustainable Livelihoods.