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Books reviewed: Youngil Lim, Technology and Productivity: The Korean Way of Learning and Catching up Ronaldo Munck and Denis O’Hearn (eds), Critical Development Theory: Contributions to a New Paradigm Paul Collins, Applying Public Administration in Development: Guideposts to the Future Stephen A. Vosti and Thomas Reardon (eds), Sustainability, Growth, and Poverty Alleviation. A Policy and Agroecological Perspective Donald O. Mitchell, Merlinda D. Ingco and Ronald C. Duncan, The World Food Outlook Richard E. Mshomba, Africa in The Global Economy Paul Gifford, African Christianity: Its Public Role Haleh Afshar, Islam and Feminisms: An Iranian Case Study Anders Corr, No Trespassing: Squatting, Rent Strikes and Land Struggles Worldwide Henny Romijn, Acquisition of Technological Capability in Small Firms in Developing Countries Chandan Mukherjee, Howard White and Marc Wuyts, Econometrics and Data Analysis for Developing Countries. Priorities for Development Economics Series Dani Rodrik, The New Global Economy and Developing Countries: Making Openness Work Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Do World Bank and IMF Policies Work? Michelle Miller‐Adams, The World Bank: New Agendas in a Changing World Ravi Kanbur and Todd Sandler with Kevin M. Morrison, The Future of Development Assistance: Common Pools and International Public Goods Miguel Centeno and Patricio Silva (eds), The Politics of Expertise in Latin America Stephen Ellis, The Mask of Anarchy: The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War Orlando Fals Borda (ed.), People’s Participation: Challenges Ahead Angela Cheater (ed.), The Anthropology of Power: Empowerment and Disempowerment in Changing Structures Terje Tvedt, Angels of Mercy or Development Diplomats? NGOs and Foreign Aid Ann C. Hudock, NGOs and Civil Society. Democracy by Proxy? Steven R. Brechin, Planting Trees in the Developing World. A Sociology of International Organisations     

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Book reviewed in this article: James H. Cassing and Steven L. Husted (eds). Capital, Technology, and Labor in the New Global Economy. G.T. Kenshaw (ed.), Market Liberalisation, Equity and Development. Joan M. Nelson el al., Fragile Coalitions: The Politics of Economic Adjustment. Hamza Alavi and John Harriss (eds), South Asia — Sociology of ‘Developing Societies’. Frans Schuurman and Ton van Naerssen (eds), Urban Social Movements in the Third World. Susan Eckstein (ed.), Power and Popular Protest. Latin American Social Movements. Jonathan Hartlyn, The Politics of Coalition Rule in Colombia. Bernard Eccleston, State and Society in Post-war Japan. Melanie Beresford, National Unification and Economic Development in Vietnam. June I. Parpart (ed.), Homen and Development in Africa: Comparative Perspectives. Anil Bhatt, Development and Social Justice. Micro Action by Weaker Sections.     

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Books reviewed: Mark Duffield, Global Governance and the New Wars: The Merging of Development and Security Jude Howell and Jenny Pearce, Civil Society and Development. A Critical Exploration Klaas van Walraven, Dreams of Power: The Role of the Organization of African Unity in the Politics of Africa, 1963–1993 E. Wayne Nafziger, Frances Stewart and Raimo Väyrynen, (eds) War, Hunger, and Displacement. The Origins of Humanitarian Emergencies. Volume 1: Analysis, Volume 2: Case Studies John M. Hobson, The State and International Relations Jorge Larraine, Identity and Modernity in Latin America Anil Hira, Ideas and Economic Policy in Latin America: Regional, National and Organizational Case Studies Janet Townsend, Emma Zapata, Jo Rowlands, Pilar Alberti and Marta Mercado, Women and Power. Fighting Patriarchies and Poverty Anjan K. Datta (ed.), Planning and Management of Water Resources. Lessons from Two Decades of Early Implementation Projects, Bangladesh S. Mahendra Dev, Piush Antony, V. Gayathri and R. P. Mamgain, (eds) Social and Economic Security in India Nira Ramachandran and Lionel Massun (eds), Coming to Grips with Rural Child Work: A Food Security Approach Cecile Jackson (ed.), Men at Work. Labour, Masculinities, Development Paul Rivlin, Economic Policy and Performance in the Arab World S. Griffith–Jones, M. F. Montes and A. Nasution (eds), Short–Term Capital Flows and Economic Crises     

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Jonathan Crush (ed.), Power of Development John Rapley, Understanding Development. Theory and Practice in the Third World Ankie Hoogvelt, Globalisation and the Postcolonial World. The New Political Economy of Development Sing C. Chew and Robert A. Denemark (eds), The Underdevelopment of Development. Essays in Honor of Andre Gunder Frank Barbara Stallings (ed.), Global Change, Regional Response. The New International Context of Change National Research Council, Lost Crops of Africa. Vol. I: Grains Barbara Harriss-White and Sir Raymond Hoffenberg (eds), Food. Multidisciplinary Perspectives Robert Cassen and contributors, Population and Development: Old Debates, New Conclusions Kerstin Lindahl-Kiessling and Hans Landberg (eds), Population, Economic Development, and the Environment. The Making of Our Common Future Judith Richter, Vaccination Against Pregnancy. Miracle or Menace? Tim Allen (ed.), In Search of Cool Ground: War, Flight and Homecoming in Northeast Africa Ans Kolk, Forests in International Environmental Politics: International Organisations, NGOs and the Brazilian Amazon Judith Randel and Tony German (eds), The Reality of Aid 1997/98 Marie Söderberg (ed.), The Business of Japanese Foreign Aid: Five Case Studies from Asia. Douglas J. Tilton (edited by Jim Cason), USAID in South Africa: Learning Lessons, Continuing Debates Ricardo Ffrench-Davis and Stephany Griffith-Jones (eds), Coping with Capital Surges. The Return of Finance to Latin America Robert Z. Lawrence, Single World, Divided Nations? International Trade and OECD Labor Markets S. M. Wangwe (ed.), Exporting Africa. Technology, Trade and Industrialization in Sub-Saharan Africa Amrita Chhachhi and Renée Pittin (eds), Confronting State, Capital and Patriarchy. Women Organizing in the Process of Industrialization Theo van der Loop, Industrial Dynamics and Fragmented Labour Markets: Construction Firms and Labourers in India     

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Books reviewed: Inge Kaul, Isabelle Grunberg and Marc A. Stern (eds), Global Public Goods. International Cooperation in the 21st Century Edward Clay and Olav Stokke (eds), Food Aid and Human Security Mirjam van Reissen, EU ‘Global Player’: The North–South Policy of the European Union Sheila Page (ed.), Regions and Development: Politics, Security and Economics John Bailey and Roy Godson (eds), Organized Crime and Democratic Governability: Mexico and the US–Mexican Borderlands Peter Soderbaum, Ecological Economics Charles David Smith, Ecology, Civil Society and the Informal Economy in North West Tanzania Peter P. Mollinga (ed.), Water for Food and Rural Development. Approaches and Initiatives in South Asia Roger Jeffrey and Nandini Sundar (eds), A New Moral Economy for India’s Forests? Discourses of Community and Participation Rekha Wazir (ed.), The Gender Gap in Basic Education: NGOs as Change Agents Gail Wilson, Understanding Old Age: Critical and Global Perspectives Bhanoji Rao, East Asian Economies: The Miracle, A Crisis and The Future Jayati Ghosh, and C. P. Chandrasekhar, Crisis as Conquest, Learning from East Asia     

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Book reviewed in this article: Barrington Moore, Jr, Authority and Inequality under Capitalism and Socialism: USA, USSR and China. Rhys Jenkins, Transnational Corporations and Uneven Development. The Internationalization of Capital and the Third World. Ashok Bapna (ed.), One World One Future: New International Strategies for Development. Michael Redclift, Sustainable Development: Exploring the Contradictions. D. K. Fieldhouse, Black Africa 1945–1980 Economic Decolonization and Arrested Development. Douglas C. Dacy, Foreign Aid, War and Economic Development: South Vietnam Shared S. Marathe, Regulation and Development: India's Policy Experience of Controls over Industry. Eduardo P. Archetti, Paul Cammack and Bryan Roberts (eds), Latin America, Sociology of ‘Developing Societies’ series. A. H. J. Helmsing, Firms, Farms and the State in Colombia. Esbern Friis-Hansen, Changes in Land Tenure and Land Use Since Villagization and their Impact on Peasant Agricultural Production in Tanzania. The Case of the Southern Highlands. Jeffrey Harrod, Power, Production and the Unprotected Worker. S. S. Jha, Structure of Urban Poverty: The Case of Bombay Slums. Janet H. Momsen and Janet Townsend (eds), Geography of Gender in the Third World. Emily Honig, Sisters and Strangers: Women in the shanghai Cotton Mills, 1919–1949.     

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Books reviewed: Robert Chambers, Whose Reality Counts? Putting the First Last Geoffrey D. Wood and Iffath A. Sharif (eds), Who Needs Credit? Poverty and Finance in Bangladesh Tony Killick with R. Gunatilaka and A. Marr, Aid and the Political Economy of Policy Change Alex de Waal, Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa David Turton (ed.), War and Ethnicity: Global Connections and Local Violence Krishna Kumar (ed.), Rebuilding Societies After Civil War. Critical Roles for International Assistance Oliver Mendelsohn and Marika Vicziany (eds), The Untouchables: Subordination, Poverty and the State in Modern India Homa Hoodfar, Between Marriage and the Market. Intimate Politics and Survival in Cairo Adri van den Berg, Land Right, Marriage Left. Women's Management of Insecurity in North Cameroon Haleh Afshar (ed.), Women and Empowerment: Illustrations from the Third World Geertje Lycklama à Nijeholt, Virginia Vargas and Saskia Wieringa (eds), Women's Movements and Public Policy in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean Edith Sizoo (ed.), Women's Lifeworlds: Women's Narratives on Shaping their Realities Lawrence Haddad, John Hoddinott and Harold Alderman (eds), Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Developing Countries. Models, Methods and Policy Joseph Blasi, Maya Kroumova and Douglas Kruse, Kremlin Capitalism: Privatising the Russian Economy Kees van der Pijl, Transnational Classes and International Relations Melissa Leach and Robin Mearns (eds), The Lie of the Land: Challenging Received Wisdom on the African Environment Ramachandra Guha and J. Martinez-Alier, Varieties of Environmentalism: Essays North and South Lawrence S. Grossman, The Political Ecology of Bananas: Contract Farming, Peasants and Agrarian Change in the Eastern Caribbean Yiping Huang, Agricultural Reform in China: Getting Institutions Right Holger Bernt Hansen and Michael Twaddle (eds), Developing Uganda     

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Books reviewed: David Mosse, Cultivating Development: An Ethnography of Aid Policy and Practice Jeff Haynes, Politics in the Developing World: A Concise Introduction James Petras, The New Development Politics: The Age of Empire Building and New Social Movements Goran Hyden, Julius Court and Kenneth Mease, Making Sense of Governance: Empirical Evidence from 16 Developing Countries David Held and Anthony McGrew (eds), Governing Globalization: Power, Authority and Global Governance Bjørn Lomborg (ed.), Global Crises, Global Solutions Uma S. Kambhampati, Development and the Developing World Sanjeev Prakash and Per Selle (eds), Investigating Social Capital: Comparative Perspectives in Civil Society, Participation and Governance Manoranjan Mohanty (ed.), Class, Caste, Gender: Readings in Indian Government and Politics K. Sivaramakrishnan and Arun Agrawal (eds), Regional Modernities: The Cultural Politics of Development in India Aihwa Ong, Buddha is Hiding Duncan McCargo and Ukrist Pathmanand, The Thaksinization of Thailand Pansak Vinyaratn, 21^st Century Thailand: Facing the Challenge, Economic Policy and Strategy Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker, Thaksi: The Business of Politics in Thailand Bade Onimode et al., African Development and Governance Strategies in the 21^st Century: Looking Back to Move Forward (Essays in Honour of Adebayo Adedeji at Seventy) Christine J. Walley, Rough Waters: Nature and Development in an East African Marine Park Christian A. Kull, Isle of Fire: The Political Ecology of Landscape Burning in Madagascar David Edmunds and Eva Wollenberg (eds), Local Forest Management: The Impacts of Devolution Policies Thomas J. Misa, Philip Brey and Andrew Feenberg (eds), Modernity and Technology     

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Books reviewed: Fairhead, James and Leach, Melissa Reframing Deforestation. Global Analysis and Local Realities — Studies in West Africa Kaimowitz, David and Angelsen, Arild Economic Models of Tropical Deforestation: A Review Carney, Diana and Farrington, John Natural Resource Management and Institutional Change Cernea, Michael M. and McDowell, Christopher (eds), Risks and Reconstruction, Experiences of Resettlers and Refugees Nederveen Pieterse,Jan (ed.), World Orders in the Making Mallick, Ross Development, Ethnicity and Human Rights in South Asia Mengers, Harry A. Urban Development in the State of Karnataka, India: Policies, Actors and Outcome Tipton, Frank B. The Rise of Asia. Economics, Society and Politics in Contemporary Asia Griffin, Keith (ed.), Economic Reform in Vietnam Shireen M. Hashim, Income Inequality and Poverty in Malaysia Buckley, Peter J. and Mucchielli, Jean‐Louis (eds), Multinational Firms and International Relocation Bird, Richard M. and Vaillancourt, François (eds), Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries Bloström, Magnus, Kokko, Ari and Zejan, Mario Foreign Direct Investment. Firm and Host Country Strategies MacBean, Alasdair (ed.), Trade and Transition. Trade Promotion in Transitional Economics Page, Sheila Regionalism Among Developing Countries Taylor, Annie and Thomas, Caroline (eds), Global Trade and Global Social Issues Tellegen, Nina Rural Enterprises in Malawi: Necessity or Opportunity? Rapoport, Robert N. Families, Children and the Quest for a Global Ethic     

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Book reviewed in this article: Hans Singer, Neelamber Hatti and Ramesbwar Tandon (eds), Technology Transfer by Multinationals. Paul W. Beamish, Multinational Joint Ventures in Developing Countries. Yves Beigbeder, Management Problems in United Nations Organizations: Reform or Decline? Frits van Holthoon and Marcel van der Linden (eds), Internationalism in the Labour Movement 1830–1940. R. Vos (ed.), From Crisis to Equitable Growth. A New Development Agenda for Latin America. PREALC, In Search of Equity. Planning for the Satisfaction of Basic Needs in Latin America. Margaret Garritsen de Vries, Balance of Payments Adjustment, 1945 to 1986. The IMF Experience. Birol A. Yesilada, Charles D. Brockett and Bruce Drury (eds), Agrarian Reform in Reverse: The Food Crisis in the Third World. J. Hinderink and J. J. Slerkenburg, Agricultural Commercialization and Government Policy in Africa. Piers Blaikie and Harold Brookfield, Land Degradation and Society. Mike Donaldson and Kenneth Good, Articulated Development: Traditional and Capitalist Agriculture in Papua New Guinea. Sun Jingzhi (ed.), The Economic Geography of China. Peter Bowden, National Monitoring and Evaluation, Development Programs in the Third World. Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Public Intervention and Industrial Restructuring in China, India and Republic of Korea. William K. A. Agyei, Fertility and Family Planning in the Third World: A Case Study of Papua New Guinea. G. N. Ramu, Family Structure and Fertility: Emerging Patterns in an Indian City. S. Alessandrini and B. Dallago (eds), The Unofficial Economy: Consequences and Perspectives in Different Economic Systems. The Netherlands Review of Development Studies.     

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Books Reviewed: Peter Isard, Globalization and the International Financial System: What's Wrong and What Can be Done Matthew Odedokun (ed.), External Finance for Private Sector Development: Appraisals and Issues Sunanda Sen, Global Finance at Risk: On Real Stagnation and Instability Susanne Soederberg, The Politics of the New International Financial Architecture: Reimposing Neoliberal Domination in the Global South Anne Marie Goetz and Rob Jenkins, Reinventing Accountability: Making Democracy Work for Human Development Patricia L. McCarney and Richard E. Stren (eds), Governance on the Ground: Innovations and Discontinuities in Cities of the Developing World Michael Carley, Paul Jenkins and Harry Smith (eds), Urban Development & Civil Society: The Role of Communities in Sustainable Cities David Potts, Patrick Ryan and Anna Toner (eds), Development Planning and Poverty Reduction Feargal Cochrane, Rosaleen Duffy and Jan Selby (eds), Global Governance, Conflict and Resistance Pranab Bardhan, Scarcity, Conflicts, and Cooperation: Essays in the Political and Institutional Economics of Development Lyuba Zarsky (ed.), Human Rights and the Environment: Conflict and Norms in a Globalizing World Krishna B. Ghimire (ed.), The Native Tourist: Mass Tourism within Developing Countries Donald G. Reid, Tourism, Globalization and Development: Responsible Tourism Planning Rosaleen Duffy A Trip Too Far. Ecotourism, Politics and Exploitation Kees Jansen and Sietze Vellema (eds), Agribusiness and Society: Corporate Responses to Environmentalism, Market Opportunities and Public Regulation Ashok Gulati, Ruth M. Dick and K. V. Raju, Institutional Reforms in Indian Irrigation Robin Clarke and Jannet King, The Atlas of Water: Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource Janelle Plummer and John G Taylor (eds), Community Participation in China: Issues and Processes for Capacity Building Tunde Zack‐Williams, Diane Frost and Alex Thomson (eds), Africa in Crisis: New Challenges and Possibilities     

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Book reviewed in this article: Kent E. Calder, Crisis and Compensation: Public Policy and Political Stability in Japan 1949–1986 J.L. Enos and W.H. Park, The Adoption and Diffusion of Imported Technology: The Case of Korea Mel Gurtov, Global Politics in the Human Interest. Explorations in Peace and Justice. New Perspectives on World Order Ralph Austen, African Economic History: Internal Development and External Dependency James Putzel and John Cunnington, Gaining Ground: Agrarian Reform In the Philippines Ben R. Finney, Business Development in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Pacific Islands Development Program, Research Report no. 6 Christopher Browne with Douglas A. Scott, Economic Development in Seven Pacific Island Countries Bertil Egerö, Mozambique: A Dream Undone. The Political Economy of Democracy 1975–84 Baruch Kimmerling (ed.), The Israeli State and Society, Boundaries and Frontiers David Parkin and David Nyamwaya (eds), Transformations of African Marriage. International African Seminars New Series, No. 3 Christine Oppong (ed.), Sex Roles, Population and Development In West Africa. Policy-related Studies on Work and Demographic Issues W. Ladd Hollist and F. LaMond Tullis (eds), Pursuing Food Security. Strategies and Obstacles in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. International Political Economy Yearbook, Volume 3 E.C. Paul, Fisheries Development and the Food Needs of Mauritius. Rotterdam and Boston: Balkema, 1987. J.-Ph. Platteau, University of Namur, Rempart de la Vierge 8, B-5000 Namur, Belgium Ana Teresa Gutierrez-San Martin, Agrarian Reform Policy in the Dominican Republic. Local Organization and Beneficiary Investment Strategies Thandika Mkandawire and Naceur Bourenane (eds), The State and Agriculture in Africa. London: CODESRIA Book Series, 1987 P.H.J.J. Terhal, World Inequality and Evolutionary Convergence. A Confrontation of the Convergency Theory of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin with Dualistic Integration. Delft: Eburon, 1987 John Weiss, Industry in Developing Countries: Theory, Policy and Evidence C. Lloyd Brown-John (ed.) Centralizing and Decentralizing Trends in Federal States James Dunkerley, Power in the Isthmus: a Political History of Central America Anne F. Thurston, Enemies of the People: The Ordeal of the Intellectuals in China's Great Cultural Revolution     

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Books reviewed in this article: Ha‐Joon Chang, Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Stategy in Historical Perspective Sabina Alkire, Valuing Freedoms: Sen's Capability Approach and Poverty Reduction Anirudh Krishna, Active Social Capital: Tracing the Roots of Development and Democracy Leonardo Avritzer, Democracy and the Public Space in Latin America Daniel Taylor‐Ide and Carl E. Taylor et al., Just and Lasting Change: When Communities Own Their Futures Jeni Klugman, John Micklewright and Jerry Redmond, Poverty in the Transition: Social Expenditures and the Working Age Poor John Friedman, The Prospect of Cities Robert Biel, The New Imperialism: Crisis and Contradictions in North/South Relations Peter Stalker, Workers Without Frontiers: The Impact of Globalization on International Migration Gillian Hart, Disabling Globalization: Places of Power in Post‐Apartheid South Africa Gerd Schönwälder, Linking Civil Society and the State: Urban Popular Movements, the Left, and Local Government in Peru Jan Breman and Gunawan Wiradi, Good Times and Bad Times in Rural Java: Case Study of Socio‐Economic Dynamics in Two Villages Towards the End of the Twentieth Century Ameena Saiyid, Human Development in South Asia, 2001: Globalisation and Human Development Anand Chakravarti, Social Power and Everyday Class Relations: Agrarian Transformation in North Bihar Elinor Ostrom, Thomas Dietz, Nives Dols?ak, Paul C. Stern, Susan Stonich, and Elke U. Weber (eds.), The Drama of the Commons. Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Dawn Chatty and Marcus Colchester (eds.), Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples: Displacement, Forced Settlement and Sustainable Development Imme Scholz, Overexploitation or Sustainable Management: Action Patterns of the Tropical Timber Industry, The Case of Pará (Brazil) 1960–1997 Bhaskar Vira and Roger Jeffrey, Analytical Issues in Participatory Natural Resource Management Alain Durand‐Lasserve and Lauren Royston (eds.), Holding Their Ground: Secure Land Tenure for the Urban Poor in Developing Countries M. Aoki and Y. Hayami (eds.), Communities and Markets in Economic Development Mylène Kherallah, Christopher Delgado, Eleni Gabre‐Madhin, Nicholas Minot and Michael Johnson (eds.), Reforming Agricultural Markets in Africa     

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M. P. Cowen and R. W. Shenton, Doctrines of Development Peter W. Preston, Development Theory: An Introduction John Brohman, Popular Development: Rethinking the Theory and Practice of Development Stuart Corbridge (ed.), Development Studies: A Reader Development and Social Diversity—Development in Practice Readers Peter Willets (ed.), The Conscience of the World. The Influence of Non-Governmental Organisations in the UN System Patricia L. McCarney (ed.), Cities and Governance: New Directions in Latin America, Asia and Africa Robin Luckham and Gordon White (eds), Democratization in the South: The Jagged Wave Kunibert Raffer and Hans W. Singer, The Foreign Aid Business: Economic Assistance and Development Co-operation William Ryrie, First World, Third World Robert Z. Lawrence, Regionalism, Multilateralism, and Deeper Integration Robert Z. Lawrence, Albert Bressand and Takatoshi Ito, A Vision for the World Economy: Openness, Diversity, and Cohesion Jan Joost Teunissen (ed.), Regionalism and the Global Economy. The Case of Africa Lennart Petersson (ed.), Post-Apartheid Southern Africa: Economic Challenges and Policies for the Future Ben Fine and Zavareh Rustomjee, The Political Economy of South Africa: From Minerals-Energy Complex to Industrialisation Owen Crankshaw, Race, Class and the Changing Division of Labour under Apartheid Finn Tarp and Peter Brixen, The South African Economy: Macroeconomic Prospects for the Medium Term Deborah F. Bryceson (ed.), Women Wielding the Hoe: Lessons from Rural Africa for Feminist Theory and Development Practice Leif Manger with Hassan Abd el Ati, Sharif Harir, Knut Krzywinski, Ole R. Vetaas, Survival on Meagre Resources. Hadendowa Pastoralism in the Red Sea Hills Emmanuel Manzungu and Pieter van der Zaag (eds), The Practice of Smallholder Irrigation. Case Studies from Zimbabwe Margaret Hall and Tom Young, Confronting Leviathan. Mozambique since Independence David Murray, Angels and Devils. Thai Politics from February 1991 to September 1992—A Struggle for Democracy? Alan R. Kluver, Legitimating the Chinese Economic Reforms: A Rhetoric of Myth and Orthodoxy Walter Hatch and Kozo Yamamura, Asia in Japan's Embrace. Building a Regional Production Alliance Albert Berry (ed.), Poverty, Economic Reform and Income Distribution in Latin America Pieter de Vries, Unruly Clients in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica: A Study of How Bureaucrats Try and Fail to Transform Gatekeepers, Communists and Preachers into Ideal Beneficiaries Christine Barrow, The Family in the Caribbean: Themes and Perspectives Barbara Harriss-White, A Political Economy of Agricultural Markets in South India. Masters of the Countryside Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen, India. Economic Development and Social Opportunity     

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Book reviewed in this article: Cristovam Buarque, The End of Economics? Ethics and the Disorder of Progress. Gautam Mathur, Economic Justice in a Free Society. Gerry Rodgers, Charles Gore and José B. Figueiredo (eds), Social Exclusion: Rhetoric, Reality, Responses. G. P. Chapman and M. Thompson (eds), Water and the Quest for Sustainable Development in the Ganges Valley. Krishna Bharadwaj, Accumulation, Exchange and Development: Essays on the Indian Economy. Willem van Schendel, Reviving a Rural Industry. Silk Producers and Officials in India and Bangladesh 1880s to 1980s. Jennifer A. Widner (ed.), Economic Change and Political Liberalization in Sub-Saharan Africa. Adebayo Adedeji (ed.), Africa Within the World: Beyond Dispossession and Dependence. Jomo K. S. (ed.), Industrialising Malaysia: Policy, Performance, Prospects. K. Saradamoni (ed.), Finding the Household: Conceptual and Methodological Issues. Md Anisur Rahman, People's Self-Development: Perspectives on Participatory Action Research. A Journey through Experience. Michael Painter and William H. Durham (eds), The Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin America. Ilja A. Luciak, The Sandinista Legacy: Lessons from a Political Economy in Transition. Overseas Development Administration, A Guide to Social Analysis for Projects in Developing Countries. Heng-Kang Sang, Project Evaluation. Techniques and Practices for Developing Countries. Charles Stewart Goodwin, The Third World Century.     

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Thomas D. Hall (ed.), A World‐Systems Reader: New Perspectives on Gender, Urbanism, Cultures, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology Arif Dirlik, Vinay Bahl and Peter Gran (eds.), History After the Three Worlds: Post Eurocentric Historiographies Susan Schech and Jane Haggis, Culture and Development: A Critical Introduction Mehran Kamrava, Cultural Politics in the Third World Adrian Wood, Raymond Apthorpe and John Borton (eds.), Evaluating International Humanitarian Action: Reflections from Practitioners Richard Black, Refugees, Environment and Development Aristide R. Zolberg and Peter Benda (eds.), Global Migrants, Global Refugees: Problems and Solutions H. W. Singer with D. J. Shaw (ed.), International Development Co‐Operation: Selected Essays by H. W. Singer on Aid and the United Nations System Kristoffel Lieten and Ben White (eds.), Child Labour: Policy Options C. J. Barrow, Social Impact Assessment: An Introduction Douglas Saltmarshe, Identity in a Post‐communist Balkan State: An Albanian Village Study Anne Marie Goetz, Women Development Workers. Implementing Rural Credit Programmes in Bangladesh A. Kundu and A. N. Sharma (eds.), Informal Sector in India: Perspectives and Policies A. Haroon Akram‐Lodhi (ed.), Confronting Fiji Futures M. A. Mohamed Salih and John Markakis (eds.), Ethnicity and the State in Eastern Africa Jeanne X. Kasperson and Roger Kasperson (eds.), Global Environmental Risk James R. Bingen, David Robinson and John M. Staatz (eds.), Democracy and Development in Mali Harri Eglund, From War to Peace on the Mozambique‐Malawi Borderland     

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Books reviewed: James Raymond Vreeland , The IMF and Economic Development Fatoumata Jawara and Aileen Kwa , Behind the Scenes at the WTO: The Real World of International Trade Negotiations Richard Peet , Unholy Trinity: The IMF, World Bank and the WTO William I. Robinson , A Theory of Global Capitalism: Production, Class, and State in a Transnational World Mary Ann Haley , Freedom and Finance: Democratisation and Institutional Investors in Developing Countries Ganeshan Wignaraja (ed.) , Competitiveness Strategy in Developing Countries: A Manual for Policy Analysis Kaushik Basu (ed.) , India's Emerging Economy: Performance and Prospects in the 1990s and Beyond Alvin Y. So (ed.) , China's Developmental Miracle: Origins, Transformations and Challenges Shahra Razavi (ed.) , Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Rights Haleh Afshar and Deborah Eade (eds) , Development, Women, and War: Feminist Perspectives Emmanuel Nnadozie , African Economic Development Fantu Cheru , African Renaissance: Roadmaps to the Challenges of Globalization Fumihiko Saito , Decentralization and Development Partnerships: Lessons from Uganda Lise Rakner , Political and Economic Liberalisation in Zambia 1991–2001 Jim Igoe , Conservation and Globalization: A Study of National Parks and Indigenous Communities from East Africa to South Dakota Hugh Schwartz , Urban Renewal, Municipal Revitalization: The Case of Curitiba, Brazil Simon Maxwell and Rachel Slater (eds) , Food Policy Old and New     

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Book reviewed in this article: Peter Hayes and Kirk Smith (eds), The Global Greenhouse Regime: Martin Carnoy, Manuel Castells, Stephen S. Cohen, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, The New Global Economy in the Information Age: Reflections on our Changing World Keith Griffin and Azizur Rahman Khan, Globalization and the Developing World: An essay on the international dimensions of development in the post-Cold War era Piers Blaikie, Terry Cannon, Ian Davis and Ben Wisner, At Risk. Natural hazards, people's vulnerability, and disasters. David G. Westendorff and Dharam Ghai (eds), Monitoring Social Progress in the 1990s Per Lind, Computerization in Developing Countries: Model and Reality. Olav Stokke (ed.), Evaluating Development Assistance: Policies and Performance. P. O. Pedersen, A. Sverrisson and M. P. van Dijk (eds), Flexible Specialization. Edward G. Goetz and Susan E. Clarke (eds), The New Localism: Comparative urban politics in a global era. Richard D. Bingham and Robert Mier (eds), Theories of Local Economic Development: Perspectives from across the disciplines. ‘Atu Emberson-Bain’, Labour and Gold in Fiji. Cambridge: Brij V. Lai, Broken Waves: A History of the Fiji Islands in the Twentieth Century. Yanrui Wu and Xiaohe Zhang (eds), Chinese Economy in Transition. Canberra: Linda Low et al. (eds), Challenge and Response: David R. Phillips (ed.), Ageing in East and South-East Asia, Research Studies in Gerontology. Nandini Dasgupta, Petty Trading in the Third World: The Case of Calcutta. Stanley Lalta and Marie Freckleton (eds) Caribbean Economic Development—The first generation, Kingston, Jamaica: Peter Wade, Blackness and Race Mixture. The Dynamics of Racial Identity in Colombia. Baltimore and London: Sarah A. Radcliffe and Sallie Westwood (eds) ‘VIVA’, Women and Popular Protest in Latin America. Javier Gonzalo Alcalde, Development, Decay and Social Conflict. Thomas Carothers, In the Name of Democracy: US Policy Toward Latin America in the Reagan Years. Berkeley: Jeffry A. Frieden, Debt, Development and Democracy: Modern Political Economy and Latin America, Aderanti Adepoju and Christine Oppong (eds), Gender, Work and Population in Sub-Saharan Africa. London: James Currey; Eliphas G. Mukonoweshuro, Colonialism, Class Formation and Underdevelopment in Sierra Leone. J. S. Eades, Strangers and Traders: Yoruba Migrants, Markets and the State in Northern Ghana. C. R. Cutshall, Justice for the People. Community Courts and Legal Transformation in Zimbabwe. Yusif A. Sayigh, Elusive Development: From Dependence to Self-Reliance in the Arab Region. Jean-Pierre Potier, Pierro Sraffa—unorthodox economist (1898–1983). A Biographical Essay.     

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Books Reviewed: Adam Szirmai, The Dynamics of Socio‐Economic Development, an Introduction Damien Kingsbury, Joe Remenyi, John McKay and Janet Hunt, Key Issues in Development Robbie Robertson, The Three Waves of Globalization: A History of a Developing Global Consciousness Natalia Dinello and Lyn Squire (ed.)Globalization and Equity: Perspectives from the Developing World William K. Tabb, Economic Governance in the Age of Globalization Elisabeth Mudimbe‐Boyi (ed.), Beyond Dichotomies: Histories, Identities, Cultures and the Challenge of Globalization Jozef Ritzen, A Chance for the World Bank Ha‐Joon Chang (ed.), Joseph Stiglitz and the World Bank: The Rebel Within June Nash (ed.), Social Movements: An Anthropological Reader Märta C. Johanson, Self‐Determination and Borders: The Obligation to Show Consideration for the Interests of Others Deepa Narayan (ed.), Measuring Empowerment: Cross Disciplinary Perspectives Katherine Homewood (ed.), Rural Resources and Local Livelihoods in Africa John Weiss (ed.), Poverty Targeting in Asia Ivo Imparto and Jeff Ruster, Slum Upgrading and Participation: Lessons from Latin America Nicholas P. Higgins, Understanding the Chiapas Rebellion: Modernist Visions & the Invisible Indian     

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Book reviewed in this article: Gene Tidrick and Chen Jiyuan (eds), China's Industrial Reform. Oiva Laaksonen, Management in China during and after Mao, in Enterprises, Government and Party. Erik Baark and Andrew Jamison (eds), Technological Development in China, India and Japan: Cross-cultural Perspectives John Markakis, National and Class Conflict in the Horn of Africa. D.D. Laitin and Said Samatar, Somalia: Nation in Search of a State. Ahmed I. Samatar, Socialist Somalia: Rhetoric and Reality. Paul M. Lubeck (ed.), The African Bourgeoisie: Capitalist Development In Nigeria, Kenya and the Ivory Coast. Nzongola-Ntalaja (ed.) The Crisis in Zaire: My:hs and Realities. Dharam Ghai and Lawrence D. Smith, Agricultural Prices, Policy, and Equity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Aart van de Laar Harold Wolpe, Race, Class and the Apartheid State. Michael Taylor and Nigel Thrift (eds), Multinationals and the Restructuring of the World Economy. Said El-Naggar (ed.), Adjustment Policies and Development Strategies in the Arab World. Michael Pinches and Salim Lakha (eds), Wage Labour and Social Change. The Proletariat in Asia and the Pacific.