Voluntary development organizations have demonstrated substantial comparatiave advantage in developing countries - especially in their ability to innovate, adapt to local conditions, and reach and work with poor and difficult to reach populations. These capabilities are a function of their...

Book reviews: Armstrong Winifred, and Margaret Mansfield, The Paper Trail: Connecting Economic and Natural Systems (reviewed by David C. Korten); Devendra Raj Panday, Nepal's Failed Development: Reflections on the Mission and the Maladies (reviewed by George H. Axinn); Susan George, The Lugano...