Book Reviews

The United States and the Politicization of the World Bank , BARTRAM S. BROWN (London, New York: Kegan Paul International Ltd, 1992), pp. xvii & 295, £45.00 hardback, ISBN 0 7103 0424 4. Open Economies: Structural Adjustment and Agriculture , IAN GOLDIN and ALAN WINTERS (Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992), pp. xxi & 320, £35.00, US $59.95 hardback, ISBN 0 521 42056 3. Current Issues in Development Economics , V.N. BALASUBRAMANYAM and S. LALL (eds.) (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1991), pp. xii & 287, £40.00 hardback, £12.50 softback, ISBN 0 333 51323 1 and IBSN 0 333 51324 X. International Financial Markets, Integration, Efficiency and Expectations , JEROME L. STEIN (Oxford, Cambridge, MA: 1992), pp. x & 159, £30.00 hardback, ISBN 1 55786 230 3. Tax Policy in Developing Countries , JAVAD KHALILZADEH‐SHIRAZI and ANWAR SHAH (Washington: The World Bank, 1991, obtainable in the UK from Microinfo Ltd, PO Box 3, Omega Park, Alton, Hampshire GU34 2PG), pp. xxiv & 252, softback, ISBN 8213 1990 6. Does Debt Management Matter? , JONAS AGELL, MATS PERSSON and BENJAMIN M. FRIEDMAN (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992), pp. viii & 155, £25.00 hardback, ISBN 019 828361 X. Authority and Academic Scribblers — The Role of Research in East Asian Policy Reform , SYLVIA OSTRY (ed.) (San Francisco: International Center for Economic Growth, 1991), pp. xiii & 181, $A24.95 hardback, $A12.95 softback, ISBN 1 55815 133 8 and 1 55815 132 X. Global Protectionism , DAVID GREENAWAY, ROBERT C. HINE, ANTHONY P. O'BRIEN and ROBERT J. THORNTON (eds.) (Basing‐stoke: Macmillan, 1992), pp. ix & 310, £45.00 hardback, ISBN 0 333 52969 3. Japan and the Third World , WILLIAM R. NESTER (Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 1992), pp. x & 323, £45.00 hardback, ISBN 0 333 52642 2.