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Africa to 2000 and Beyond: Imperative Political and Economic Agenda

This book examines the major causes of Africa's economic and social crisis, which although recognized and widely discussed from the...

After the GATT Uruguay Round: Implications for Developing Countries

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The new Uruguay Round agreement, to be signed in Marrakech in April, establishes the framework for trade into the next century.

Trade and Development Strategy Options for the Poorest Countries: A Preliminary Investigation

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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.

Market Reforms and the Emergence of Civil Society in Post-Mao China

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Any inquiry into the emergence of "civil society" in post-Mao China is bedevilled both by ambiguity o f the term "civil society" itself...

Skill, Land and Trade: A Simple Analytical Framework

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This paper proposes a minimal model of the relationship between human resources and foreign trade in developing countries, aimed at...

Paradigm Shifts and the Practice of Participatory Research and Development

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"Participation" has three uses and meanings: cosmetic labelling, to look good, co-opting practice, to secure local action and...

Food Security: A Post-modern Perspective

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The paper explores post-modern currents in food security. It identifies three main shifts in thinking about food security since the...

Exporting Manufactures: Trade Policy or Human Resources?

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Whether a country exports manufactures or primary products is determined mainly by the skill level of its labour force, relative to the...

The Poor and the Environment: Whose Reality Counts?

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Sustainable rural livelihoods will be needed for many more people in the 21st century. Three widespread views tend to mislead and need...

Under-Enrolment and Low Quality in African Primary Schooling: Towards a Gender Sensitive Solution

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