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Bridging the research divide : studying refugees and development oustees (Английский)

Countries in a post-war situation, and the processes of war-to-peace transition, place the social problems of relocating war refugees and displaced population high on the world's agenda, with increasing...

Understanding and preventing impoverishment from displacement : reflections on the state of knowledge (Английский)

The remarkable progress in social science research on resettlement is defined by the author in terms of a) knowledge acquisition; significant shifts in research trends; and c) development and diversification...

The sociological action-research of development-induced population resettlement (Английский)

This article discusses an action-research study of development caused population resettlement. The study, conduct from 1993-1994, covered 192 development projects that entailed the displacement and resettlement...

Social integration and population displacement : the contribution of social science (Английский)

The discourse about social integration usually assumes that it is linked to development, and that 'more' development induces higher degrees of social integration and reduces social conflicts. Yet in reality...

Culture and organization : the social sustainability of induced development (Английский)

While the intellectual debate concerning the sustainability of induced development is largely limited to the dimensions of economic and environmental sustainability, the author states that the sociocultural...

A sociological framework : policy, environment, and the social actors for tree planting (Английский)

Like most other global environmental problems, the world's looming de-forestation crisis will not be slowed, let alone arrested, through technical remedies alone. As defined by the author, the root causes...

Re-tooling inapplied social linvestigation for development planning : some methodological issues (Английский)

This paper opened the RAP conference, providing an overview of the major issues for which the conference was convened. Methods and techniques are multiplying, as are their application to a broadening range...

Sociologists in a development agency : observations from the World Bank (Английский)

The article was adapted from a presentation on the looks at the question whether the patterns of applied social science work as practiced at the World Bank are replicable at other development institutions...

Nutrition planning is alive and well, thank you (Английский)

Rural credit markets and institutions in developing countries : lessons for policy analysis from practice and modern theory (Английский)

This article presents evidence of the failure of government intervention in rural credit markets of LDCs in the past three decades. It then shows how lessons for policy analysis can be drawn from modern...

Trade patterns in developing countries, 1964-82 (Английский)

This paper presents a regression analysis of import and export shares of GDP for 14 commodity and service categories in 55 developing countries over the period 1964-82. Explanatory variables include GNP...

China's economic reforms in a comparative perspective (Английский)

The paper makes recommendations for simultaneously establishing macroeconomic equilibrium and extending the reform effort in China. As to the latter, recommendations are made (a) for increasing the decision-making...

Participation in schooling : determinants and learning outcomes in Nepal (Английский)

This paper examines data on the determinants of adult cognitive competencies and of child school participation in the Terai region of Nepal. The results of the analysis are: first generation landholdings...

Intra-industry trade among exporters of manufactured goods (Английский)

This paper examines the determinants of intra-industry specialisation in manufactured goods in bilateral trade among countries whose manufactured exports exceeded $300 million and accounted for at least...

The "production" of a social methodology (Английский)

This article presents an analysis of the research process undertaken by the Investment Program for Rural Development in Mexico (PIDER), which made a serious attempt to address the problem of participation...

Differences in income and poverty within Brazil (Английский)

Regional disparities in living standards within Brazil have received increasing attention in recent years. This paper indicates that although costs of living adjustments narrow spatial differences, large...

The extent and the cost of protection in developed - developing country trade (Английский)

This paper focuses on the measures of protection applied to trade between developed and developing countries. This choice reflects concern with the adverse repercussions of recently imposed protectionist...

The planning of education : where do we stand? (Английский)

Educational planning is a relatively recent phenomenon in the history of education. It has been practiced, malpracticed, or simply paid lip service in most countries, especially in developing ones, since...

The debt problem and growth (Английский)

Easing the debt problem requires high-debt countries to generate significant trade and savings surpluses. If this has to be achieved quickly these surpluses can only be built up through contractive measures...

Regional cooperation and economic development (Английский)

There are substantial opportunities in the developing world to capture scale and agglomeration economies in the design and lay-out of major infrastructure investments through international cooperation...