Rapid economic growth in East Asia has sparked a great debate. The role of the state is the cental issue in that debate. Proponents of a minimalist state argue that East Asian governments have succeeded...
Introduction: imperfect information and rural credit markets - puzzles and policy perspectives. Credit markets in northern Nigeria: credit as insurance in a rural economy. The Thai rural credit system:...
Thailand has sought to increase farmers's access to credit by government intervention. In 1966 it created a government agricultural bank to lend solely to farm households, and beginning in the late 1970s...
Thailand is still largely an agricultural country. In 1984, agricultural work was still the main source of earnings for more than 70 percent of the population. For much of the 25 year period covered by...
The final session of the conference brought together six acknowledged development experts in a panel discussion to review the current state of development policy research in their own areas of expertise...
Introduction. Trade in services and the multilateral trade negotiations. Agriculture in the Uruguay Round: interests of developing countries. GATT law, agricultural trade, and developing countries: lessons...