This article attempts to contribute to the literature by carefully documenting home-based work in four sectors in Pakistan in a value chain context. We attempt to isolate and compare the unit remuneration of workers relative to unit value added at the lowest tier of the chain as a measure of...

New Institutional Economics and economic development -- Nations, conceptual framework and method -- Ethnicity and development -- Independence, ethnicity and development: case studies -- Forging national cohesion in constructed nations -- Summary and conclusion.

Section 1: Macro Context Developmentalism and neo-liberalism 1. South Asia Overview 2. India⁰́₉s Economic Success Section 2: Meso Context Poverty alleviation: State and Civil Society Partnerships 3. Participatory Development in Pakistan4. Human Development in Sri Lanka 5. Employment...

Saba Khattak looks at the impact of the Pakistan nuclear industry on women. She argues that the nuclear programme has a specific impact on women as the poorest and less powerful in their society. Development (1999) 42, 71–73. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1110040

Saba Gul Khattak discusses the constant disruptions in the uniform meanings of home for Afghan women refugees due to the direct impact of war upon their lives. Based on a series of in-depth interviews she looks at the different ideas that are contained within and underlie the concept of home for...

The global financial and economic crisis starting in 2007 has provoked the exploration of alternatives to neo-liberalism. Although neo-liberalism has been critiqued from various perspectives, these critiques have not coalesced into a concrete alternative in development economics literature. The...

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Conceptual issues and a new developmentalist agenda -- pt. 3. Neo-liberal constraints on the policy agenda -- pt. 4. Case studies in pro-active government -- pt. 5. Conclusion : moving to alternatives.