Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Shaping Competitive Advantages: Conceptual Framework and the Korean Approach . By Wolfgang Hillebrand Systemic Competitiveness: New Governance Patterns for Industrial Development . By Klaus Esser, Wolfgang Hillebrand, Dirk Messner and Jörg Meyer‐Stamer New Approaches to Poverty Analysis and Policy: A Contribution to the World Summit for Social Development I. The Poverty Agenda and the ILO: Issues for Research and Action . Edited by Gerry Rodgers II. Reducing Poverty through Labour Market Policies . Edited by José B. Figueiredo and Zafar Shaheed A New Wave of Foreign Direct Investment in Asia . Compiled by Nomura Research Institute and Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Traders in a Brave New World: The Uruguay Round and the Future of the International Trading System . By Ernest Preeg Famine Early Warning and Response: The Missing Link . By Margaret Buchanan‐Smith and Susanna Davies The Alms Bazaar: Altruism Under Fire – Non‐Profit Organizations and International Development . By Ian Smillie Urban Health in Developing Countries: Progress and Prospects . Edited by Trudy Harpham and Marcel Tanner Overseas Aid Motivations: The Economics of Australia's Bilateral Aid . By Rukmani Gounder Coping with Capital Surges: The Return of Finance to Latin America . Edited by Ricardo Ffrench‐Davis and Stephany Griffith‐Jones Indonesia: The Political Economy of Energy . By Philip Barnes Democracy, Development and the Countryside: Urban‐Rural Struggles in India . By Ashutosh Varshney Exporting Africa: Technology, Trade and Industrialization in Sub‐Saharan Africa . Edited by Samuel M. Wangwe A Moment on the Earth: The Coming Age of Environmental Optimism . By Gregg Easterbrook