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11 April 1994
Published by: IDS
Conventional measures of poverty relate household per capita income or expenditure estimates to a poverty line derived from a nutrition-based estimate of minimum income or expenditure.
1 April 1994
Published by: IDS
1 March 1994
Proposes an ideal-type model of decentralisation which consists of five interlocking and mutually reinforcing elements: localisation, flexibility, devolved management, organisational culture change, and democratisation.
23 February 1994
Published by: IDS
This paper argues that it is the rich and powerful who do most environmental damage. Blaming poor victims of environmental degradation can lead to policies which do more harm than good.
Research at IDS on industrial clusters made a major contribution to this shift in the debate. There already was agreement that clustering helped small enterprises to overcome growth constraints and compete in distant markets but there was also recognition that this was not an automatic outcome.
1 January 1994
Published by: University of Bristol
1 January 1994
Published by: Macmillan
This wide-ranging book sets discussion of the various approaches to local government decentralisation in the context of the changing...
1 January 1994
Published by: IDS
In his most recent review of rates of return to education (RORE), George Psacharopoulos reaffirms that the conventional pattern of continent-wide aggregate social and private ROREs continues to prevail among both developed and developing countries.
1 January 1994
Published by: IDS
The paper makes an initial analysis of the trade policy changes that the EU will implement to give effect to its GATT Round commitments.
1 January 1994
