Development economist, formerly USAID, World Bank, UNDP. Chief Economist, USAID. Advisor to governments of Thailand, Malaysia. Pubs: Thailand, conflict and recovery, nutrition, aid effectiveness,etc.
This fully updated fourth edition of this popular guide introduces readers to the collection, use... more This fully updated fourth edition of this popular guide introduces readers to the collection, uses, and interpretation of statistical data in the social sciences. Since it has been nearly 15 years since the third edition first appeared, this is a heavily updated edition. Separate chapters are the national economy, wealth, income, poverty, labor, business statistics, and public opinion polling, with a concluding chapter devoted to the common problem of ambiguity in social science statistics. Each chapter includes multiple case studies illustrating the controversies, overview of data sources including web sites, chapter summary and a set of case study questions designed to stimulate further thought, and detailed notes providing references for all the controversies discussed in the chapter.
Part I: Conflicts, Causes, and Economic Development 1. Introduction: Conflict and the Internation... more Part I: Conflicts, Causes, and Economic Development 1. Introduction: Conflict and the International Development Agencies 2. Conflicts Fought, Conflicts Avoided: Nine Cases 3. Development and Conflict: Connections and Precursors Part II: Toward an Agenda for Conflict Prevention 4. Relevance and Assessment 5. Inducing Nonviolent Politics and Conflict Management 6. Economic and Sector Policies: Reforms, Preferences, and Harmonization of Interest 7. Persuasion, Leverage, and Sanctions Conclusion Bibliography
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Feb 1, 1972
In recent years, we have heard much about the magnitude and implications of malnu-trition and the... more In recent years, we have heard much about the magnitude and implications of malnu-trition and the need to attack the problem with a new sense of urgency. Yet when look-ing at the development plans of most coun-tries in the developing world, one seldom finds nutrition getting more ...
The international assistance community has had vast experience with helping underdeveloped, often... more The international assistance community has had vast experience with helping underdeveloped, often poverty-stricken countries reconstruct their economies after a period of violent conflict. Some development experience has been highly successful. In Thailand, Taiwan, Botswana, and Turkey, for example, foreign aid contributed significantly (although not without setbacks) to economic progress and modernization. The record of post-conflict assistance also includes some successful cases, such as South Korea, Vietnam, Mozambique, and Uganda, which were designed and implemented beyond the template of the European Marshall Plan.
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Sep 1, 1972
Page 1. An approach to nutrition planning2 The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 25: SEPTEM... more Page 1. An approach to nutrition planning2 The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 25: SEPTEMBER 1972, pp. 939-954. Printed in USA 939 Alan Berg,3 and Robert Muscat4 In discussing malnutrition with planners newly concerned with this problem, two re-...
... Fertility is higher in the rural areas where economic and social progress has been less rapid... more ... Fertility is higher in the rural areas where economic and social progress has been less rapid. ... To indicate the size of the pensions that might accumulate, we must know some-thing ... The follow-ing schedule is based on Malaysian live birth order tables, with some allowance for ...
Alasdair Bowie, Crossing the Industrial Divide: State, Society, and the Politics of Economic Tran... more Alasdair Bowie, Crossing the Industrial Divide: State, Society, and the Politics of Economic Transformation in Malaysia, New York, Columbia University Press, 1991. ... John Bresnan, Managing Indonesia: The Modern Political Economy, New York, Columbia University Press, 1993.
This fully updated fourth edition of this popular guide introduces readers to the collection, use... more This fully updated fourth edition of this popular guide introduces readers to the collection, uses, and interpretation of statistical data in the social sciences. Since it has been nearly 15 years since the third edition first appeared, this is a heavily updated edition. Separate chapters are the national economy, wealth, income, poverty, labor, business statistics, and public opinion polling, with a concluding chapter devoted to the common problem of ambiguity in social science statistics. Each chapter includes multiple case studies illustrating the controversies, overview of data sources including web sites, chapter summary and a set of case study questions designed to stimulate further thought, and detailed notes providing references for all the controversies discussed in the chapter.
Part I: Conflicts, Causes, and Economic Development 1. Introduction: Conflict and the Internation... more Part I: Conflicts, Causes, and Economic Development 1. Introduction: Conflict and the International Development Agencies 2. Conflicts Fought, Conflicts Avoided: Nine Cases 3. Development and Conflict: Connections and Precursors Part II: Toward an Agenda for Conflict Prevention 4. Relevance and Assessment 5. Inducing Nonviolent Politics and Conflict Management 6. Economic and Sector Policies: Reforms, Preferences, and Harmonization of Interest 7. Persuasion, Leverage, and Sanctions Conclusion Bibliography
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Feb 1, 1972
In recent years, we have heard much about the magnitude and implications of malnu-trition and the... more In recent years, we have heard much about the magnitude and implications of malnu-trition and the need to attack the problem with a new sense of urgency. Yet when look-ing at the development plans of most coun-tries in the developing world, one seldom finds nutrition getting more ...
The international assistance community has had vast experience with helping underdeveloped, often... more The international assistance community has had vast experience with helping underdeveloped, often poverty-stricken countries reconstruct their economies after a period of violent conflict. Some development experience has been highly successful. In Thailand, Taiwan, Botswana, and Turkey, for example, foreign aid contributed significantly (although not without setbacks) to economic progress and modernization. The record of post-conflict assistance also includes some successful cases, such as South Korea, Vietnam, Mozambique, and Uganda, which were designed and implemented beyond the template of the European Marshall Plan.
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Sep 1, 1972
Page 1. An approach to nutrition planning2 The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 25: SEPTEM... more Page 1. An approach to nutrition planning2 The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 25: SEPTEMBER 1972, pp. 939-954. Printed in USA 939 Alan Berg,3 and Robert Muscat4 In discussing malnutrition with planners newly concerned with this problem, two re-...
... Fertility is higher in the rural areas where economic and social progress has been less rapid... more ... Fertility is higher in the rural areas where economic and social progress has been less rapid. ... To indicate the size of the pensions that might accumulate, we must know some-thing ... The follow-ing schedule is based on Malaysian live birth order tables, with some allowance for ...
Alasdair Bowie, Crossing the Industrial Divide: State, Society, and the Politics of Economic Tran... more Alasdair Bowie, Crossing the Industrial Divide: State, Society, and the Politics of Economic Transformation in Malaysia, New York, Columbia University Press, 1991. ... John Bresnan, Managing Indonesia: The Modern Political Economy, New York, Columbia University Press, 1993.
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