Books in the Priorities for Development Economics series

The oil crisis of the 1970s and the recession of the 1980s set in motion a chain of events which had particularly serious consequences for the developing countries. In this text, the author examines the major causes and results of the situation, focusing mainly on Africa and Latin America.

Getting accurate data on less developed countries has created great problems for studying these areas. Yet until recently students of development economics have relied on standard econometrics texts, which assume a Western context. This text intends to address this problem.

This book analyzes the impact of food aid programmes over 50 years, assessing the current situation as well as future prospects.

Land reforms are laws that are intended, and likely, to cut poverty by raising the poor's share of land rights. That raises questions about property rights as old as moral philosophy, and issues of efficiency and fairness that dominate policy from Bolivia to Nepal. This book builds on some findings in land reforms in developing countries.

Starting with a historical background tracing the evolution of the International Monetary Fund, this book goes on to cover such themes as: the circumstances under which countries turn to the IMF; the various aspects of IMF conditionality; and, institutional issues such as lending facilities and how the fund is resourced.

This book presents a unique analysis of the moral and social dimensions of microeconomic behaviour, questioning the application of standard neo-classical assumptions to communities with widespread disparity of income.

This collection argues that there are a number of likenesses between the predicaments of North and South, and that these warrant further investigation and analysis.

This book chronicles the most essential causes and implications of these trends, which have expanded international food assistance well beyond the simple shipment of donated food aid commodities. We pay particular attention to how these trends shape and are shaped by European Union (EU) and United States (U.S.) food assistance policy and practice, and highlight the principles to which donors can adhere to move international food assistance forward.

This book chronicles the most essential causes and implications of these trends, which have expanded international food assistance well beyond the simple shipment of donated food aid commodities. We pay particular attention to how these trends shape and are shaped by European Union (EU) and United States (U.S.) food assistance policy and practice, and highlight the principles to which donors can adhere to move international food assistance forward.

This title presents an analysis of the moral and social dimensions of microeconomic behaviour, questioning the application of standard neo-classical assumptions to communities with widespread disparity of income.

This collection argues that there are a number of likenesses between the predicaments of North and South, and that these warrant further investigation and analysis.