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Governance in the Post-Import Substitution Era: Perspectives for New Approaches to Create Systemic Competitiveness in Brazil

Published by: IDS

Brazil is one of many countries striving for international competitiveness. It is argued that sustained industrial competitiveness rests not only on firms' capabilities and a stable economic framework, but also on a supporting, sector-specific, specialised environment, in addition to targeted policies and governance structures that facilitate problem-solving between state and societal actors.

A Woman’s Fate is a Gourd’s Fate: Labour and Sexuality of Korean Married Women

Published by: IDS

This study shows that in Korea, husbands' attitudes, in particular the fear of infidelity, are an important factor in influencing women's access to paid work, but that women have resisted such control over their working conditions.

Impact of Economic and Institutional Reforms on the Health Sector in Laos: Implications for Health System Management

Published by: IDS

Laos suffered an economic crisis in the mid 1980s and has since been implementing a programme of economic and institutional reform. This report describes the Lao health system and analyses the impact of economic constraints and the reform programme on the health sector.

Economic Reform and Political Liberalization in Uganda

Published by: IDS

Uganda has been implementing simultaneous economic and political reforms since 1986. The interaction between these two sets of reforms is considered in this report which argues that political liberalization has not had a significant influence on the progress of economic reform.

Financing Health Services in Poor Rural Areas: Adapting to Economic and Institutional Reform in China

Published by: IDS

In-depth research in three poor counties in China provides a unique picture of the impact of economic and institutional reform on health services in areas where development lags behind the rest of the country.

Gender and Environmental History: Moving Beyond the Narratives of the Past in Contemporary Women-Environment Policy Debates

Published by: IDS

Claims about history figure prominently in contemporary ecofeminist and activist concerns with gender and the environment. This paper addresses such claims and considers the historical narratives and their uses in contemporary gender-environment debates.

Gender Relations and Environmental Change

Published by: IDS

This IDS Bulletin moves beyond to emphasize the application of gender analysis to environmental relations: seeing women as differentiated and in relation to men; and paying attention to the links between gender relations with environmental activities, responsibilities and rights.

A Future Food Aid Regime: Implications of the Final Act of the GATT Uruguay Round

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The conclusion of the GATT Uruguay Round and the setting up of the World Trade Organization provide a major opportunity for establishing a new food aid regime within a liberalising global economy.

Export-Oriented Industrialization Through Primary Processing?

Published by: IDS

This paper asks whether the chances of export-oriented industrialization in countries with low skill/land ratios seem better when the definition of manufactures is broadened to include processed primary products.

Europe’s Next Step: Organizational Innovation, Competition and Employment

The European economy faces a crisis of competitiveness. This book looks at the experiences of 13 leading European companies, demonstrating how organization has been the key to their productivity growth.