Volumes 21 - 30: Getting Institutions Right for Women in Development: Recent submissions

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    • FOOD, FOOD SECURITY AND UN REFORM 

      Maxwell, Simon; Shaw, John (Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1995)
      SUMMARY The article addresses the question of UN reform from the perspective of food security. It offers a balance sheet of UN strengths and weaknesses, praising the UN role in advocacy, technical coordination and resource ...

    • REVITALIZING THE UNITED NATIONS: FIVE PROPOSALS 

      Singer, H. W. (Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1995)
      SUMMARY The five proposals deal with: relations between the Bretton Woods Institutions and the UN; a new integration of peace and development; the need for global economic management; strengthening the resources of the ...

    • THE UN AND DEVELOPMENT THINKING: FROM OPTIMISM TO AGNOSTICISM AND BACK AGAIN 

      Köhler, Gabriele (Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1995)
      SUMMARY Development interventions, including those of the United Nations, have been shaped by shifting paradigms, notably Keynesianism and monetarism. The globalization process witnessed since the late 1980s led to a more ...

    • REDEFINING TECHNICAL COOPERATION: CHALLENGE FOR THE UN OR LET'S DUMP THE ‘TECHNICAL COOPERATION’ MANDATE 

      Fukuda?Parr, Sakiko (Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1995)
      SUMMARY Technical cooperation defines the role of the United Nations in its operational work for promoting social and economic development. This article reviews the meaning of this mandate, and argues that a major challenge ...

    • THE UN AND THE GLOBAL COMMONS 

      Ogley, Roderick (Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1995)
      SUMMARY The UN's record on the global commons is mixed: remarkable success in arresting the damage done to the ozone layer, a promising start in confronting the threat of global warming, but a protracted failure, at its ...

    • THE UNITED NATIONS AT 50, SOME UNSOLVED PROBLEMS 

      Kaufmann, Johan (Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1995)
      SUMMARY Ambassador Johan Kaufmann takes a look at the present?day usefulness of the UN Charter. Practically everything that is discussed today, e.g. new style peace operations and humanitarian intervention can be done by ...

    • THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM AND A GLOBAL CAPITAL MARKET 

      FitzGerald, E. V. K. (Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1995)
      SUMMARY The inherent volatility of international capital flows, which has profound consequences for exchange rates and macroeconomic policy, is widely held to require public action in order to create an orderly market ? ...

    • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 

      Unknown author (Institute of Development Studies, 01/10/1995)

    • ACTION FOR BETTER GOVERNMENT: A ROLE FOR DONORS 

      Osborne, Denis (Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1993)
      Summary This article describes calls for more participation and accountability to bring better government in countries receiving aid and suggests how donors could help. These calls are made because people are more educated, ...

    • PROFESSIONALISM AND AFRICAN ADMINISTRATION 

      Leonard, David K. (Institute of Development Studies, 01/01/1993)
      Summary The problems of poor performance by African civil services would be partially alleviated through an increase in professionalism, which would assure both higher standards and greater attention to collective goods ...

    • INTRODUCTION: REORGANIZING THE FIRM 

      Humphrey, John (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1993)

    • ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION IN ZIMBABWE: THE VIABILITY OF SUSTAINABLE CHANGE 

      Posthuma, Anne Caroline (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1993)
      Summary Most studies of organizational change in Third World manufacturing have been carried out in the newly industrializing economies of Latin America and East Asia. This article focuses on an African economy, Zimbabwe. ...

    • THE DIFFUSION OF ORGANIZATIONAL REFORM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A CASE STUDY FROM INDIA 

      Kaplinsky, Raphael (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1993)
      Summary This contribution recounts the experience of a large Indian firm which has pursued a programme of organizational reform based upon Japanese experience. This programme followed from a visit made by its chief executive ...

    • THE CULTURE OF QUALITY AND THE MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES 

      Fleury, Maria Tereza Leme (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1993)
      Summary The introduction of quality and productivity programmes involves extensive organizational change. This changes hierarchies and power relations in companies. This article studies the processes of organizational ...

    • NOTES ON THE IMPLANTATION OF QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMMES IN SECTORS OF BRAZILIAN INDUSTRY 

      Ruas, Roberto (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1993)
      Summary In response to competitive pressures, Brazilian firms are developing Quality and Productivity Programmes. An analysis of these programmes in different sectors of industry ? both modern and traditional ? reveals ...

    • INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING, DEREGULATION AND NEW JIT LABOUR PROCESSES IN ARGENTINA: TOWARDS A GENDER?AWARE PERSPECTIVE? 

      Roldán, Martha (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1993)
      Summary Two theoretical debates are addressed in this article. Firstly, the debate on new productive systems is placed in the context of the neo?liberal offensive and deregulation. The limits and implications of industrial ...

    • RECENT TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE MEXICAN MOTOR INDUSTRY 

      Ramirez, José Carlos (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1993)
      Summary The motor industry has played a key role in industrial restructuring in Mexico. Export?oriented investments in the North of Mexico have transformed the industry, shifting production away from central Mexico and ...

    • BEYOND QUALITY 

      Franzoi, Naira; Rodrigues, Maria Beatriz (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1993)
      Summary Quality is a basic issue for workers, both as producers and consumers. As producers, quality has been a point of conflict in the process of bargaining over wages and working conditions. However, it is also important ...

    • QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY IN SMALL? AND MEDIUM?SIZED FIRMS IN THE BRAZILIAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY 

      Marx, Roberto (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1993)
      Summary This article analyses the introduction of quality and productivity programmes in small? and medium?enterprises in the Brazilian motor sector. It pays particular attention to the training and problem?solving capacity. ...

    • QUALITY ISSUES FOR KOREAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

      Humphrey, John (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1993)
      Summary Rising wages and an appreciating exchange rate currency forced Korean exporters of manufactured goods to try to move up?market at the end of the 1980s. This involves improving both product specification and ...