1 January 1994
Skill, Land and Trade: A Simple Analytical Framework
Published by: IDS
This paper proposes a minimal model of the relationship between
human resources and foreign trade in developing countries, aimed at...
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1 January 1994
Published by: IDS
This paper proposes a minimal model of the relationship between
human resources and foreign trade in developing countries, aimed at...
1 January 1994
Published by: IDS
"Participation" has three uses and meanings: cosmetic labelling, to look good, co-opting
practice, to secure local action and...
1 January 1994
Published by: IDS
The paper explores post-modern currents in food security. It identifies three main
shifts in thinking about food security since the...
1 January 1994
Published by: IDS
Whether a country exports manufactures or primary products is determined mainly by the skill level of its labour force, relative to the...
1 January 1994
Published by: IDS
Sustainable rural livelihoods will be needed for many more people in the 21st century. Three
widespread views tend to mislead and need...
1 January 1994
1 January 1994
1 October 1993
Published by: IDS
Famine is a preventable tragedy. Unlike poverty or chronic food insecurity, famine could probably be eliminated rapidly by a quite simple set of policies. Such policies might be politically feasible. So the abolition of famine is a realistic goal, perhaps by the end of this decade.
1 September 1993
Published by: Overseas Development Institute
This paper outlines the dramatic return to Sudan of 150,000 men, women and children from Itang Refugee Camp in Ethiopia in June 1991. These people were pawns in Sudan's civil war, manipulated by governments, military forces and the media – a state of affairs that the international community failed to deal with effectively
15 July 1993
Published by: IDS
The author argues that conventional economics ignores or marginalises the role of power and politics which are crucial factors in conditioning the variable structure and performance of markets.