Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: United States Development Assistance Policy: The Domestic Politics of Foreign Economic Aid. By Vernon W. Ruttan Growing Out of the Plan: Chinese Economic Reform 1978–1993. By Barry Naughton The Rise and Fall of Development Theory . By Colin Leys Non‐Governmental Organizations and Rural Poverty Alleviation . By Roger C. Riddell and Mark Robinson, with John De Coninck, Ann Muir and Sarah White The North, the South and the Environment: Ecological Constraints and the Global Economy . Edited by V. Bhaskar and Andrew Glyn Industrialisation and Agricultural Surplus: A Comparative Study of Economic Development in Asia . By Massoud Karshenas Regional Trading Arrangements Among Developing Countries: The ASEAN Example . By Dean A. DeRosa Africa Now: People, Policies, Institutions . Edited by Stephen Ellis Dimensions of Development with Emphasis on Africa . Edited by Tekeste Negash and Lars Rudebeck The Underdevelopment of Development: Essays in Honor of Andre Gunder Frank . Edited by Sing C. Chew and Robert A. Denemark Promoting Development: Effective Global Institutions for the Twenty‐first Century . Edited by Jo Marie Griesgraber and Bernhard G. Gunter Asian Economies in Transition: Reforming Centrally Planned Economies . By Richard Pomfret The Response: GATT and Global Free Trade . By Sir James Goldsmith Environmental Valuation: New Perspectives . Edited by K. G. Willis and J. T. Corkindale Full House: Reassessing the Earth's Population Carrying Capacity . By Lester R. Brown and Hal Kane Exchange Rate Parity for Trade and Development: Theory, Tests, and Case Studies . By Pan A. Yotopoulos IMF Programmes in Developing Countries: Design and Impact . By Tony Killick. Development Policy Studies series IMF Lending to Developing Countries: Issues and Evidence . By Graham Bird. Development Policy Studies series Economic Reforms and Poverty Alleviation in India . Edited by C. H. Hanumantha Rao and Hans Linnemann Moving to the Market: The World Bank in Transition . By Richard W. Richardson and Jonas A. Haralz Water and the Quest for Sustainable Development in the Ganges Valley . Edited by G. P. Chapman and M. Thompson The New Institutional Economics and Third World Development . Edited by John Harriss, Janet Hunter and Colin M. Lewis The New Struggle for Democracy in Africa . By John Wiseman Democratization in South Africa: The Elusive Social Contract . By Timothy D. Sisk Money‐Go‐Rounds: The Importance of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations for Women . Edited by Shirley Ardener and Sandra Berman Global Change, Regional Response: The New International Context of Development . Edited by Barbara Stallings