Has Recovery Begun? Africa's Adjustment in the 1980's Revisited

Weeks, John; Mosley, Paul

doi:10.1016/0305-750X(93)90093-O

Alliance et ethnicité: un système regional de l’Adamawa (1993)
Book Chapter
Fardon, R. (1993). Alliance et ethnicité: un système regional de l’Adamawa. In F. Héritier-Augé, & E. Copet-Rougier (Eds.), Les Complexités de l’Alliance, Volume III Economie, politique et fondements symboliques (Afrique) (165-210). Editions des Archives contemporaines

Responses to the Shoah: Zionism (1993)
Journal Article
Selwyn, T., & Selwyn, R. (1993). Responses to the Shoah: Zionism. European Judaism: A Journal for the New Europe, 26(1), 28-34

Of Ascot and the Arc: Explorations in the anthropology of space (1993)
Journal Article
Selwyn, T. (1993). Of Ascot and the Arc: Explorations in the anthropology of space. Anthropology in Action: Journal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and Practice,

The Strangest Place in Edo: the Temple of the Five-Hundred Arhats (1993)
Journal Article
Screech, T. (1993). The Strangest Place in Edo: the Temple of the Five-Hundred Arhats. Monumenta Nipponica, 48(4), 407-428. https://doi.org/10.2307/2385291

The Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats has been all but obliterated from historical record. The purpose of the present article is to recoup it, not merely for antiquarian interest, but to suggest something about Edo itself, about how the huge weight t... Read More about The Strangest Place in Edo: the Temple of the Five-Hundred Arhats.

Dalit movements and the meanings of labour in India (1993)
Book
Robb, P. (Ed.). (1993). Dalit movements and the meanings of labour in India. Oxford University Press

Institutions and Ideologies. A SOAS South Asia Reader (1993)
Book
Arnold, D., & Robb, P. (Eds.). (1993). Institutions and Ideologies. A SOAS South Asia Reader. Curzon Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203036587

Ideas in agrarian history: some observations on the British and nineteenth-century Bihar (1993)
Book Chapter
Robb, P. (1993). Ideas in agrarian history: some observations on the British and nineteenth-century Bihar. In D. Arnold, & P. Robb (Eds.), Institutions and Ideologies. A SOAS South Asia Reader (201-223). Curzon Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203036587-18

I wrote ten years ago about the need to employ the idea of resources rather than structures in understanding Indian rural society.3 I had discovered in nineteenth-century Bihar both the extreme variability of ranking year-by-year according to anyone... Read More about Ideas in agrarian history: some observations on the British and nineteenth-century Bihar.

Texts, Communities, and the History of Change in Modern South Asia (1993)
Book Chapter
Robb, P. (1993). Texts, Communities, and the History of Change in Modern South Asia. In P. Robb (Ed.), Society and Ideology: Essays in South Asian History presented to Professor K.A. Ballhatchet (1-21). Oxford University Press

The Impact of British Rule on Religious Community: Reflections on the Trial of Maulvi Ahmadullah of Patna in 1865 (1993)
Book Chapter
Robb, P. (1993). The Impact of British Rule on Religious Community: Reflections on the Trial of Maulvi Ahmadullah of Patna in 1865. In P. Robb (Ed.), Society and Ideology: Essays in South Asian History presented to Professor K.A. Ballhatchet (142-176). Oxford University Press

Meanings of Labour in Indian Social Context (1993)
Book Chapter
Robb, P. (1993). Meanings of Labour in Indian Social Context. In P. Robb (Ed.), Dalit movements and the meanings of labour in India (1-67). Oxford University Press

Intermediaries and Change in Eighteenth-Century Gujarat: A Note on G.D. Sharma’s View of Credit, Revenue and Commerce (1993)
Book Chapter
Robb, P. (1993). Intermediaries and Change in Eighteenth-Century Gujarat: A Note on G.D. Sharma’s View of Credit, Revenue and Commerce. In G. Austin, & K. Sugihara (Eds.), Local Suppliers of Credit in the Third World, 1750-1960 (29-35). St. Martin’s Press

'Bahnar'; 'Cambodian'; 'Cambodia: Language Situation' (1993)
Book Chapter
Smyth, D. (1993). 'Bahnar'; 'Cambodian'; 'Cambodia: Language Situation'. In R. E. Asher (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Vol.1 (300, 400-401). Pergamon Press

'Lao'; 'Southeast Asian Scripts'; 'Tai Languages' (1993)
Book Chapter
Smyth, D. (1993). 'Lao'; 'Southeast Asian Scripts'; 'Tai Languages'. In R. E. Asher (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Vol. 4,8,9 (2049, 4031-7, 4520). Pergamon Press

Development Strategy and the Economy of Sierra Leone (1993)
Book
Weeks, J. (1993). Development Strategy and the Economy of Sierra Leone. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11936-3

A study of the history of Sierra Leone concentrating on economic aspects. Conclusions and possible alternatives are put forward by the author.

A cross-sectional analysis of economic, social and political factors affecting economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa: 1960-86. (1993)
Thesis
El-Farhan, H. H. A cross-sectional analysis of economic, social and political factors affecting economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa: 1960-86. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis analyses the growth performance of Sub-Saharan African countries and the factors that appear to be most significant in the growth process. Regression analysis is the main research method employed. Data limitations restrict the sample to t... Read More about A cross-sectional analysis of economic, social and political factors affecting economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa: 1960-86..

Abdallah bin al-Husayn: The Making of an Arab Political Leader, 1908-1921. (1993)
Thesis
Rudd, J. A. Abdallah bin al-Husayn: The Making of an Arab Political Leader, 1908-1921. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis examines the political career of Abdallah bin al-Husayn from 1908 until the creation of the Emirate of Transjordan in 1921. The central aim here is to explain how Abdallah was transformed from a Hijazi notable to a major force in the post... Read More about Abdallah bin al-Husayn: The Making of an Arab Political Leader, 1908-1921..

Levels of representation and argument structure in Turkish. (1993)
Thesis
Göksel, A. Levels of representation and argument structure in Turkish. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This is a study of the argument structure of complex predicates in Turkish. The central hypothesis is that grammatical function changing phenomena such as morphological causativisation, passivisation and reflexivisation exhibit the interaction of pro... Read More about Levels of representation and argument structure in Turkish..

France and the Parti Démocratique de Guinée. (1993)
Thesis
Ramsis, C. A. France and the Parti Démocratique de Guinée. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The thesis traces post-war political development in Guinea leading to the independence of the territory in 1958. The particular focus is on the history of the Parti Democratique de Guinee (PDG) , chapter party of the interterritorial federal movement... Read More about France and the Parti Démocratique de Guinée..

Africa Misunderstood or Whatever Happened to the Rural-urban Gap? (1993)
Book
Weeks, J., & Jamal, V. (1993). Africa Misunderstood or Whatever Happened to the Rural-urban Gap?. Macmillan

In the past African economies were (and sometimes are even now) depicted as suffering from "urban bias", which strangled the agricultural sector and eventually caused the "African crisis". Based on ten detailed case studies, this book questions that... Read More about Africa Misunderstood or Whatever Happened to the Rural-urban Gap?.

Has Recovery Begun? Africa's Adjustment in the 1980's Revisited (1993)
Journal Article
Weeks, J., & Mosley, P. (1993). Has Recovery Begun? Africa's Adjustment in the 1980's Revisited. World Development, 21(10), 1583-1606. https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-750X%2893%2990093-O

This article reviews the 1989 debate between the World Bank and the Economic Commission for Africa over Africa's adjustment, and on the basis of most recent statistics concludes that there is little evidence that the region is in throes of a recovery... Read More about Has Recovery Begun? Africa's Adjustment in the 1980's Revisited.

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