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1 January 1994
Published by: Verso
This collection forms a critique of conventional development concepts from a gender perspective. It traces the emergence of 'women' as an analytical category in development thought, and the gradual shift to a focus on gender and gender relations.
1 January 1994
1 January 1994
This book examines the major causes of Africa's economic and social crisis, which although recognized and widely discussed from the...
1 January 1994
Published by: IDS
The new Uruguay Round agreement, to be signed in Marrakech in April, establishes the framework for trade into the next century.
1 January 1994
Published by: IDS
The paper aims to provoke thought on the apparent entrapment of the poorest countries in a vicious circle of self-perpetuating backwardness. It begins with a selective review of the debate on growth failure, covering conventional and structuralist arguments and new growth theory.
1 January 1994
Published by: IDS
Any inquiry into the emergence of "civil society" in post-Mao China is
bedevilled both by ambiguity o f the term "civil society" itself...
1 January 1994
Published by: IDS
This paper proposes a minimal model of the relationship between
human resources and foreign trade in developing countries, aimed at...
1 January 1994
Published by: IDS
"Participation" has three uses and meanings: cosmetic labelling, to look good, co-opting
practice, to secure local action and...
1 January 1994
Published by: IDS
The paper explores post-modern currents in food security. It identifies three main
shifts in thinking about food security since the...
1 January 1994
Published by: IDS
Whether a country exports manufactures or primary products is determined mainly by the skill level of its labour force, relative to the...