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Contents : Economic development in the middle east -- Monetary and financial policies in developing countries -- New directions in development economics -- Financial liberalization and investment -- Liberalization in the developing world -- Financial development and economic growth -- The south African economy -- Public sector pay and adjustment -- Europe and economic reform in africa -- Post-apartheid southern Africa -- Financial integration and development -- Regionalization in the modern world economy -- The African economy -- Recovery from armed conflict in developing countries -- Small enterprises and economic development -- The world bank -- Development policy in the twenty-first century -- State-owned enterprises in the middle east and north africa -- Finance and competitiveness in developing countries -- Contemporary issues in development economics -- Mexico beyond NAFTA -- Economies in transition -- Population, economic growth and agriculture in less developed countries -- From crisis to growth in africa? -- The macroeconomics of monetary union -- Endogenous development -- Labour relations in development -- Globalization ,marginalization and development -- Programme aid and development -- Competitiveness strategy in developing countries -- The African manufacturing firm -- Trade policy, growth and poverty in Asian developing countries -- IInternational competitiveness,investment and finance -- The pattern of aid giving -- New international poverty reduction strategies -- Targeting development -- Essays on balance of payments constrained growth -- The private sector after communism -- Information technology and development -- The economics of palestine -- Development delimmas -- Rural livelihoods and poverty reduction policies -- Beyond market-driven development -- The political economy of reform failure -- Overcoming inequality in latin America -- Trade, growth and inequality in the era of globalization -- Microfinance -- The IMF,world bank and policy reform -- Managing development -- Who gains from free trade? -- Evolution of markets and institutions -- The new famines -- Development ethics at work -- Law reform in developing and transitional states