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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
1 January 1996
Climatic variability, poor soils and increasing resource pressures are undermining people's ability to make a living in the drylands of Africa.
1 January 1996
Published by: IDS
The monopoly government-owned banks in Ethiopia remained relatively sound throughout the period of socialist government.