Over the past several years considerable research has been undertaken on different aspects of linkages between urban centres and their rural hinterlands. From the collective results of this research, a model of rural-urban development can be synthesized that envisions a mutually reinforcing...

This study combines information provided by anthropologists on the structure of share contracts in the cocoa industry in Ghana with a well-known economic theory of share tenancy. The goal is to explain some of the efficiency characteristics of the observed contracts and the predominance of...

The article estimates a logit model of debt arrears including economic as well as political variables. The results suggest that both indicators affected debt repayment in Latin America during 1971-86. The paper also discusses the viewpoint that authoritarian and military regimes have an...

Despite recurrent crop failures, there is evidence that households in the West African Semiarid Tropics (WASAT) are still able to assure their food security. This article explores two issues: 1) Does WASAT household income diversification (that is, earning noncropping income in addition to, or...

Chile is nowadays considered to have the most successful programme of debt conversion among debtor countries. However, the Chilean debt conversion programme presents some shortcomings. In fact, as this study shows, the conversion scheme may have negative effects regarding direct foreign...

The article concentrates on the economic literature and discusses its importance for policies aimed at working women in the Middle East. It identifies the important strands and places the discussion within the wider context of women in the labour market in both LDCs and developed countries. (DSE)