The multilateralisation of analysis and development strategies proposed by the Bretton Woods institutions has major political implications for aid policies. Based on an analysis of the Canadian experience, this article raises concerns that Canada might abandon its ability to achieve coherence...

In the debate about post-neoliberal governance in Latin America, a key aspect is how the election of Left governments opened up new discussions about the role of the state in the economy. While Brazil and Chile are difficult to classify as “post neoliberal†states, their particular...

This article addresses how far international rights charters and the rights claims they give rise to act as levers for development through a discussion of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most widely ratified rights Convention of recent times. It recognizes the seminal importance...

Policies in support of democratic transition aim to reconfigure the dominant norm set in previously authoritarian states and societies. The EU's commitment to such policies is well-established. This article discusses what the EU does when it offers democratic support, using the example of...

Trade Policies and Developing Nations. By A.O. Krueger. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1995. Pp.xxvi + 124. £22.50 and £8.50. ISBN 0 8157 5056 0 and 5055 2 Constructing Democracy, Human Rights, Citizenship and Society in Latin America. Edited by Elizabeth Jelin and Eric Hershberg....

Cost-Benefit Analysis and Project Appraisal in Developing Countries. Edited by Colin Kirkpatrick and John Weiss. Cheltenham and Brookfteld, VT: Edward Elgar, 1996. Pp.xiii + 321. £49.95. ISBN 1 85898 346 0 Chile: The Great Transformation. By Javier Martinez and Alvaro Diaz Washington, DC:...