1. Introduction and overview -- 2. The concept of exchange configuration -- 3. Terms and concepts for an analysis of exchange -- 4. Elements of exchange -- 5. A typology of exchange configurations -- 6. Systems of exchange in different phases of development -- 7. The dynamic forces in exchange...

This innovative and important book develops a new framework for analysing exchange that takes place within and outside markets over the course of development.

The fIrst of two articles on the operation of the wheat market in Pakistan, the present article describes the magnitude and composition of wheat flows between farmers, middlemen and consumers in the Punjab. The flows emanating from the agricultural sector and those moving from various sources of...

This article, the second of two articles in this Review on the operation of the wheat market in Pakistan, 1 describes the various sources from which consumers in the Punjab, Sind and the NWFP obtain wheat and flour. There appear to be considerable differences in the patterns of wheat...

Member States of the European Union are autonomous when it comes to the design of their social protection systems. However, they are committed by a recommendation accepted by the European Council addressing the convergence of social protection objectives and policies. Besides, convergence of...