There is growing recognition in Africa of the importance of decentralization and local-level development to stimulate local and regional economies and to relaunch development on a more indigenous, sustainable, and equitable basis. Towards this goal, Ethiopia launched a decentralization reform...

Bangladesh is engaged in a complex developmental struggle, the enormity of which has been amplified by the persistent pressures of population growth on a limited land base. Around 60 per cent of rural households, mostly landless and near landless, are peripheral to the agricultural production...

This article presents a comparative study of the dualistic pattern of economic growth in the Eastern and Western regions of China. It investigates factors contributing to differential growth and income inequality between the two. It has found that the differential structure of the economy, and...