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Questioning Development: Essays on the theory, policies and practice of development interventions

Published by: Metropolis

Liberalization and the New Corruption?

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.

Business Associations in Developing Countries

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.

Local Heroes: Patterns of Field Worker Discretion in Implementing GAD Policy in Bangladesh

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...

Public Expenditure Policy and Poverty Reduction: Has the World Bank Got it Right

Published by: IDS

Hazards and Opportunities: Farming Livelihoods in Dryland Africa: Lessons From Zimbabwe

Climatic variability, poor soils and increasing resource pressures are undermining people's ability to make a living in the drylands of Africa.

Banking Reform in Ethiopia

Published by: IDS

The monopoly government-owned banks in Ethiopia remained relatively sound throughout the period of socialist government.

The Limited Impact of Financial Sector Reforms in Zimbabwe

Published by: IDS

The post-independence Zimbabwe government did not interfere significantly with the operations of the banking system, despite the existence of a large government-owned commercial bank, and a commitment to socialist ideology and to reducing inequality.

The Conceptualization of ‘Trust’ in Economic Thought

Published by: IDS

This paper focuses on the emergence of trust in economic thought and clarifies its conceptualisation as a term used to identify a purely calculative theory of behaviour in which agents form subjective probabilities regarding the future action of others.

The Impact of Financial Sector Policies on Banking in Ghana

Published by: IDS

This paper examines why the banking system in Ghana was in need of reform in the 1980s and evaluates the impact of the financial sector reforms.