<title>Abstract</title> This article examines the first steps in developing broad-based social insurance in Nepal, focusing on social protection cash transfers and the provision of free essential health care. Policy changes have been skilfully promoted by politically influential individuals with a strong...

J<sc>ones</sc> S. Climate change policies of city governments in federal systems: an analysis of Vancouver, Melbourne and New York City, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Canada, Australia and the United States are among the world's heaviest emitters per capita of greenhouse gases. City governments within these...

Interest is growing in the relocalization of staple crops, including wheat, in western Washington (WWA), a nontraditional wheat-growing area. Commercial bakers are potentially important food chain intermediaries in the case of relocalized wheat production. We conducted a mail survey of...

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...

Workers displaced from long-tenure jobs often have difficulty finding new employment and can take a substantial drop in earnings when they find reemployment. These losses are large and persistent, and can easily dwarf the transitory losses from the initial period of nonemployment. Policy...