Books reviewed in this article: Dipak Das Gupta and Mustapha K. Nabli eds., Trade, Investment and Development in the Middle East and North Africa: Engaging with the World Ian Bannon and Paul Collier eds., Natural Resources and Violent Conflict: Options and Actions E. M. Krenin and G. P. Michael,...

Political and Economic Liberalisation in Zambia 1991-2001. By Lise Rakner Ghana: Long-term Growth, Atrophy and Stunted Recovery. By J. Clark Leith and Ludvig Soderling Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development. Edited by Stanley L. Engerman, Philip T. Hoffman, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, and...

Extreme poverty, drought and famine continue to afflict people in many parts of the world. Food aid has occupied a central role in the response to these problems, and there have been notable successes, yet there is doubt and criticism about the appropriateness of food aid. Is food aid doing more...

The author discusses the controversial problems connected with the transfer of highly sophisticated technologies to LDCs. In his opinion this transfer and adaptation of technologies is necessary and advantageous, but depends on the development of a national technological capacity of a developing...

The authors try to test statistically whether the flow of resources between poor and rich countries has in fact conformed to the “1 per cent” target defined by the United Nations. Basis for testing several hypotheses are data published by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD.