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

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    • C. The Time is Ripe 

      Herrhausen, Alfred (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Alfred Herrhausen's article emphasises the need for important changes to the debt strategy. It also presents his own proposal for dealing with the debt problem. RESUME L'article d'Alfred Herrhausen insiste ...

    • B. How a Major Creditor Views the New Proposals 

      Larkman, Jolyon (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY The articles by Jolyon Larkman, Sir Kit McMahon and Sir Jeremy Morse all evaluate critically the Brady Proposals. RESUME Les articles de Jolyon Larkman, Sir Kit McMahon et Sir Jeremy Morse font tous une ...

    • D. Joint Memorandum to the Treasury and Civil Service Committee 

      McMahon, Sir Kit; Morse, Sir Jeremy (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY The articles by Jolyon Larkman, Sir Kit McMahon and Sir Jeremy Morse all evaluate critically the Brady proposals. RESUME Les articles de Jolyon Larkman, Sir Kit McMahon et Sir Jeremy Morse font tous une ...

    • A. Supervisory Attitudes in the USA 

      Corrigan, E. Gerald (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Gerald Corrigan's article presents the changes already implemented by the US regulatory authorities and makes further proposals to facilitate the implementation of the Brady proposals. RESUME Le point de vue ...

    • B. The New Bank of England Rules for Provisioning 

      Griffith-Jones, Stephany (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Stephany Griffith?Jones' article presents in some detail the new 1990 Bank of England matrix, which provides detailed rules for British banks' provisioning against possible Third World losses. RESUME L'article ...

    • The Role of Export Credit Insurance 

      Breach, Gerald (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Gerald Breach's article discusses the effect of the debt crisis on Britain's ECGD and gives a detailed account of how the ECGD is responding. RESUME Le rôle des assurances de crédit exporté L'article de ...

    • Some Accounting and Tax Aspects of LDC Debt Provisioning 

      Hogg, Mitchell (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Mitchell Hogg's article takes a detailed look at tax and provisioning requirements from the point of view of an accountant and bank auditor. RESUME De nouvelles directives pour l'approvisionnement L'article ...

    • Japan's Attitude Towards External Debts of Developing Countries 

      Agata, Masahiko (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Masahiko Agata's article discusses Japan's rapidly growing role in facilitating and helping fund schemes of debt reduction, particularly in the context of the Brady Plan. RESUME La contribution japonaise ...

    • The Changing Secondary Market 

      Wood, Gordon (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Gordon Wood's article describes the operation of the secondary market for trading Third World debt. It analyses some of the main determinants for the levels of prices in those markets. RESUME Le marché ...

    • Debt Relief for Child Development 

      Griffith-Jones, Stephany (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY Stephany Griffith-Jones' article examines the donations of Sudanese debts to UNICEF by Midland and other banks, and their use by UNICEF to expand its spending on clean water and reforestation projects in Sudan. ...

    • The NGO Attitude to Debt Reduction 

      Denham, John (Institute of Development Studies, 01/04/1990)
      SUMMARY John Denham's article describes why European non?governmental organisations (NGO's) give so much attention to the debt problem and its negative effects on poverty in developing countries. It also describes the ...

    • Preface 

      Maxwell, Simon (Institute of Development Studies, 01/07/1990)

    • Food Security in Developing Countries: Issues and Options for the 1990s 

      Maxwell, Simon (Institute of Development Studies, 01/07/1990)
      Summary Interest in ‘food security’ has been on a rising trend through the late 1980's, especially in sub?Saharan Africa. However, the paper finds that the term ‘food security’ is used in different ways and that partly ...

    • Measuring Malnutrition 

      Payne, P. R. (Institute of Development Studies, 01/07/1990)
      Summary The nutritional condition of an individual, or the extent of malnutrition in a population, can be measured either in terms of outcomes , i.e. current status, or in terms of inputs , i.e rates of consumption of ...

    • Food Strategy Formulation and Development Planning in Ethiopia 

      Belshaw, Deryke (Institute of Development Studies, 01/07/1990)
      Summary The paper describes the preparation and major features of the National Food and Nutrition Strategy for Ethiopia; and discusses current policy issues, including the impact of the liberalisation announced in March ...

    • The Rice Market and its Management in Indonesia 

      Ellis, Frank (Institute of Development Studies, 01/07/1990)
      Summary This article proyides a brief overview of trends and policies underlying the Indonesian ‘success story’ of rice production in the 1970s and 1980s. It examines key issues of future policy emerging towards the end ...

    • The World Bank Approach to Food Security Analysis 

      Hindle, Robert E. (Institute of Development Studies, 01/07/1990)
      Summary In 1988, the Executive Directors of the World Bank agreed to a new food security initiative for Africa. The purpose of the initiative is to reduce over time Africa's pervasive hunger. To pave the way to do so, the ...

    • Is Food Security Targeting Possible in Sub?Saharan Africa? Evidence from North Sudan 

      Maxwell, Simon; Swift, Jeremy; Buchanan?Smith, Margaret (Institute of Development Studies, 01/07/1990)
      Summary Targeting food security interventions in sub?Saharan Africa presents special difficulties and has rarely been successful. A case study of Darfur in Western Sudan shows that targeting can be improved. The key is ...

    • The European Community and Food Security 

      Kennes, Walter (Institute of Development Studies, 01/07/1990)
      Summary Food security has been one of the major concerns of the European Community's development cooperation policy. Over the past decade, the approach has evolved from a focus on projects to expand agricultural production ...

    • FAO's Overall Approach and Methodology for Formulating National Food Security Programmes in Developing Countries 

      Huddleston, Barbara (Institute of Development Studies, 01/07/1990)
      Summary This article deals with the approach and methodology developed by FAO for the formulation of comprehensive national food security programmes. Although a uniform policy framework for all developing countries cannot ...