Milestones and Turning Points in Development Thinking

Foreword; F.Stewart Introduction; R.Jolly PART I: PERSPECTIVES AND PARADIGMS The Limitations of the Special Case; D.Seers The Late Development Effect; R.Dore Are Development Studies Relevant to British Problems?; M.Phil Faculty and Students The Congruence of Marxism and other Neo-Classical Doctrines; D.Seers Development Theory and the Experience of Development: Issues for the Future; J.Toye PART II: DEBUNKING MYTHS Economic Growth: What are we Trying to Measure?; D.Seers Beware of Debt Speak; M.Faber Poverty and Livelihoods: Whose Reality Counts?; R.Chambers PART III: DEVELOPMENT POLICY Employment, Incomes and Equality: Lessons of the ILO Employment Strategy Mission to Kenya; R.Jolly & H.W.Singer Redistribution with Growth: The Economic Framework; M.S.Ahluwalia & H.Chenery Why the Poor Stay Poor; M.Lipton Rapid Rural Appraisal: Rationale and Repertoire; R.Chambers Adjustment with a Human Face; R.Jolly Towards a Flexible State; R.Murray Education and the Market: Which Parts of the Neo-liberal Solution are Correct?; C.Colclough Environmental Entitlements: Dynamics and Institutions in Community-Based Natural Resource Management; M.Leach , R.Mearns & I.Scoones PART IV: GENDER The Continuing Subordination of Women in the Development Process; K.Young Neo-liberalism, Gender and the Limits of the Market; N.Kabeer & J.Humphrey PART V: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY The Distribution of Gains between Investing and Borrowing Countries; H.W.Singer Toward a Rational and Equitable New International Economic Order: A Case for Negotiated Structural Changes; R.H.Green & H.W.Singer