Books reviewed include: Asian Rice Bowls: The Returning Crisis?by Prabhu L. Pingali, Mahabub Hossain, and Roberta V. Gerpacio; Quantitative Development Policy Analysis by Elisabeth Sadoulet and Alain de Janvry; Countrysides at Risk: The Political Geography of Sustainable Agriculture by Robert...

Books reviewed include: No Condition is Permanent: The Social Dynamics of Agrarian Change in Sub-Saharan Africa by Sara Berry; Hungry Dreams: The Failure of Food Policy in Revolutionary Nicaragua 1979-1990 by Brizio N. Biondi-Morra; Ghana Under Structural Adjustment: The Impact on Agriculture and...

This paper examines the labor supply of farm households in Nepal using a recently developed methodology that accounts for the simultaneity between production and consumption decisions of the households. Estimates of marginal products of male and female labor or shadow wages are obtained from an...