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1 January 1995
Published by: IDS
Conventional tests for food market integration ask whether prices in different locations move together. This paper develops an alternative and more reliable test methodology: the parity bounds model.
1 January 1995
Published by: IDS
This paper contains reports on health expenditure and finance in the following poor counties in China: Donglan, in Guanxi; Shibing, in Guizhou; and Xunyi in Shaanxi.
1 January 1995
Published by: IDS
The purpose of this paper is to examine how the Education Sector Review draws on rates of return to education research (RORE) to support policy recommendations within the education sector.
1 January 1995
Published by: IDS
This is a critical examination of the current orthodoxy concerning social rates of returns to general and vocational secondary education in developing countries.
1 January 1995
Published by: IDS
The evidence for rates of return to education in Asian countries is examined in this paper.
1 January 1995
Published by: IDS
This paper examines whether women's access to income earning opportunities has implications for their position in intra-household relationships.
1 January 1995
Published by: IDS
This paper reviews the bilateral trade policy options for South Africa and the EU in the context of current and prospective future flows.
1 January 1995
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.
1 January 1995
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.
1 January 1995
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.