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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.
1 January 1996
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.
1 January 1996
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.
1 January 1996
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.
1 January 1996
Published by: IDS
This paper aims to develop an analytical framework and a set of tools which can help planners ensure that gender is systematically integrated into all aspects of their work.
