Following the 1998 financial crisis, four out of every ten people slipped into poverty, not able to meet basic needs. Luckily, post-crisis economic rebound was impressive and broad-based, albeit uneven across sectors and regions. This title explores the nature of poverty, both nationally and...

Britain on the Edge of Europe, M. Chisholm, Routledge, London (1995). vx + 182 pp. £12.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 415 11921 9. The Economics of Localized Technological Change and Industrial Dynamics. C. Antonelli, Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht (1995). vii + 181 pp. £67.00 (hbk). ISBN 0 7923 2910 4....

The Regional Imperative: Regional Planning and Governance in Britain, Europe and the United States, U. A. Wannop, Jessica Kingsley, London (1995). xxi + 441 pp. £25.00 (pbk). ISBN 1 85302 292 6. The Regions and the New Europe: Patterns in Core and Periphery Development, M. Rhodes (Ed),...

The Northern Region Economy: Progress and Prospects in the North of England, L. Evans, P. Johnson and B. Thomas (Eds), Mansell, London (1995). xiii+242 pp. £45.00 (hbk). ISBN 0 7201 21841. From Combines to Computers: Rural Services and Development in the Age of Information Technology, A. K....

Small Firms in Urban and Rural Locations, J. Curran and D. Storey (Eds), Routledge, London (1993). xxi + 218 pp. £40.00 (hbk). ISBN 0 415 10037 2. Territorial Competition in an Integrating Europe, P. Cheshire and I. Gordon (Eds), Avebury, Aldershot (1995). xv + 317 pp. £40.00 (hbk). ISBN 1...

Competitive European Peripheries, H. Eskelinen and F. Snickars (Eds), Springer Verlag, Heidelberg (1995). viii + 267 pp. No price given. ISBN 3 540 60211 9. An Enlarged Europe: Regions in Competition? S. Hardy, M. Hart, L. Albrechts and A. Katos (Eds), Jessica Kingsley, London (1995). 342 pp....

This paper analyses how export growth rates in sub-Saharan Africa are determined by both domestic and external market conditions. We highlight the problems of measuring trade orientation given the various domestically-determined factors which influence the conditions faced by exporters. Focusing...