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1 January 1997
Published by: IDS
Recent research on industrial clusters in developing countries has unearthed some notable success stories of small local enterprises growing fast and competing in export markets. This Paper focuses on some conceptual and theoretical points which help to explain them.
2 October 1996
Published by: IDS
Programme aid (import support, budgetary support and debt relief) has become an important form of aid in recent years. Unlike conventional project aid, there is no agreed evaluation methodology for these funds.
1 July 1996
Published by: IDS
Rural development thinking can no longer claim that conflict falls outside its mandate, according to this edition of the IDS Bulletin. The nature of warfare in Africa is changing dramatically. War is being used as an instrument of policy, and becoming a way of life in the worst affected areas, with civilians, not combatants, the most vulnerable.
7 May 1996
Published by: Rowman and Littlefield
7 May 1996
Published by: Rowman and Littlefield
1 May 1996
1 May 1996
Published by: IDS
While there is a widely-accepted thesis that economic liberalization and/or political democratization can reduce levels of corruption in developing societies, recent experience suggests that the relationship is variable and in some contexts corruption may increase in consequence.
1 February 1996
Published by: IDS
Cooperation between government and business generally contributes to better policymaking and improved economic performance. Business associations can play a key role in facilitating this process, as experience in a growing number of developing countries shows.
28 January 1996
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Concerns with institutional capacity building in development tend to focus upon changes to the structures and incentive systems of...
26 January 1996