Provides an historically based analysis of Afghanistan's current socio-economic situation and the implications of this for reconstruction and employment creation.

Politics of Patronage and Protest: The State, Society, and Artisans in Early Modern Rajasthan by Nandita Prasad Sahai, Oxford University Press, 2006; 304 pp, $35.00 (cloth), ISBN978-0-19-567896-3.

The paper summarizes information on health staffing trends in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and provides some comparisons with Western countries, especiially in the European Union. It looks at the broad economic, social and political background to the present situation, with...

En los últimos años, Perú ha sido líder regional en desempeño macroeconómico, mostrando ser una de las economías más dinámicas, en un ambiente caracterizado por la estabilidad fiscal, el equilibrio externo y la baja inflación. El crecimiento económico ha sido alto y sostenido en la...

Using Japanese panel data, we analyze precautionary savings due to staying single in the presence of income uncertainty. Our panel analysis finds that compared with young women who are likely to get married within 3 years, those who are not plan to have 44 percent more savings for precautionary...

The 1996 welfare reform act has refocused our attention on the factors that could help or hinder exit from welfare. Researchers have examined a number of factors but have placed little attention on social capital. This study examines the effects of social capital on the likelihood of welfare use...

This paper discusses implementation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) in Liberia. Liberia’s PRS articulates the government’s overall vision and major strategies for moving toward rapid, inclusive, and sustainable growth and development during the period 2008–11. This...