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Reviews the book "Paper Money," by Adam Smith.

In the conclusion, the author looks in greater detail at the changes in prestige consumption of Gabor Roma since the dissolution of the Romanian socialist state in 1989. Berta's research sheds light on a little known aspect of the social, cultural and economic life of Romanian Roma by examining the ways in which prestige objects are valued, exchanged, safeguarded and embedded in discourses. The author examines practices and ideologies surrounding ethnicised and gendered prestige objects of the Gabor Roma, such as silver beakers and roofed tankards. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "China's Peaceful Development," by anonymous writer.

The article reviews the book " Aboriginal, Northern & Community Economic Development: Papers & Retrospectives," by John Loxley.

Reviews the book "Institutions, Innovation and Growth: Selected Economic Papers" edited by Jean-Philippe Touffut.

Reviews the book "Landmark Papers in Economic Growth," edited by Robert M. Solow.

This is a book on economic development written by practitioners. It is the result of specific experiences encountered by a group of economists working for the Harvard Development Advisory Service in the process of making policy recommendations to various governments. The contributions to this volume deal with specific-country issues drawn from only four countries' Argentina, Colombia, Pakistan, and Liberia. The volume is divided into the following six parts: (1) planning, macro models, and development strategy; (2) stabilization and short-term policy; (3) fiscal policy; (4) agricultural development; (5) education, manpower, labor, and wages; and finally (6) evaluation. The bulk of the papers are included in the first two parts (seven papers), with the last four parts containing only one contribution each. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book "Japan's Economic Challenge: Study Papers."

The article reviews the book "Selected Issues in Pacific Island Development: Papers from the Islands/Australia Project," edited by R. V. Cole and T. G. Parry.

Reviews the book "Aid Implementation and Administrative Capacity in Upper Volta: Paper for the Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development," by Margaret Wolfson.

The article reviews the book "Economic Development of the Arab Countries: Selected Issues: Papers Presented at a Seminar Held in Bahrain, February 1-3, 1993," Said El-Naggar.

Reviews the book "The Long-Term Perspective Study of Sub-Saharan Africa: Background Papers: Economic and Sectoral Policy Issues," volume 2.

Reviews the book 'Capital Movements and Economic Development,' edited by John H. Adler with the assistance of Paul W. Kuznets.

The article reviews the book "Local Economic Development in the 21st Century: Quality of Life and Sustainability," by D. T. Greenwood and R. P. F. Holt.

Reviews the book 'Foreign Enterprise in Developing Countries: A Supplementary Paper of the Committee for Economic Development,' by Isaiah Frank.

Reviews the book "Political Constraints on Brazil's Economic Development: Rio de Janeiro Conference: Edited Proceedings and Papers," edited by Siegfried Marks.

Reviews the book "Patterns of Economic Restructuring for Eastern Europe," edited by S.I. Cohen.

Reviews the book 'Perspectives on Economic Growth,' edited by Walter W. Heller.

Reviews the book "Population Growth and Economic Development: Issues and Evidence," edited by D. Gale Johnson and Ronald D. Lee.

Reviews the book 'Government and Economic Development,' edited by Gustav Ranis.

The article reviews the book "Institutions and Norms in Economic Development," edited by Mark Gradstein and Kai A. Konrad.

Reviews the book 'Economic Growth and Resources. Volume 2, Trends and Factors,' edited by R.C.O. Matthews.

Reviews the book 'The Crisis in Planning. volume 1: The Issues. volume 2: The Experience,' edited by Mike Faber and Dudley Seers.

Reviews the book "Economic Growth: Brazil, India, Japan," edited by Simon Kuznets, Wilbert E. Moore and Joseph J. Spengler.

The article reviews the book "China and India: Learning From Each Other: Reforms and Policies for Sustained Growth," by Jahangir Aziz, Steven Dunaway and Eswar Prasad.

Jeffrey G. Williamson of Harvard University and University of Wisconsin reviews 'Economic Development in the Americas since 1500: Endowments and Institutions' by Stanley L. Engerman and Kenneth L. Sokoloff. The EconLit abstract of the reviewed work begins: Eleven papers explore differences in the rates of economic growth in Latin America and mainland North America, specifically the United States and Canada, and consider how relative differences in growth over time are related to differences in the institutions that developed in different economies. Papers discuss paths of development -- an overview; factor endowments and institutions; the role of institutions in shaping factor endowments; the evolution of suffrage institutions; the evolution of schooling - 1800-1925; inequality and the evolution of taxation; land and immigration policies; politics and banking systems; five hundred years of European colonization; institutional and noninstitutional explanations of economic development; and institutions in political and economic development. Engerman is John H. Munro Professor of Economics and Professor of History at the University of Rochester. The late Sokoloff was Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Bibliography; index. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Development Challenges in the 1990s: Leading Policymakers Speak from Experience," edited by Timothy Besley and Roberto Zagha.

The article reviews the book "Questioning Development: Essays on the Theory, Policies and Practice of Development Interventions," edited by Gabriele Kohler and colleagues.

Reviews the book "Financing Economic Development: An Institutional Response," edited by Richard D. Bingham, Edward W. Hill and Sammis B. White.

Reviews the book 'Economic Growth and Resources,' edited by R.C.O. Matthews.

The article reviews the book "Trade Strategies for Development," edited by P. Streeten.

Reviews the book 'Industrialization, Inequality and Economic Growth,' by Jeffrey G. Williamson.

Reviews the book "Japan and the Developing Countries," edited by Kazushi Ohkawa, Gustav Ranis and Larry Meissner.

Reviews the book "OR For Developing Countries," edited by N.K. Jaiswal.

Reviews the book "Studies on Economic Reforms and Development in the People's Republic of China," edited by Tien-Tung Hsueh, Yun-Wing Sung and Jin-Gyuan Yu.

Reviews the book `Economic Development in South Asia,' edited by E.A.G. Robinson and Michael Kidron.

Reviews the book "L'espace et les pôles de croissance," edited by J.R. Boudeville.

Reviews the book "Economic Growth--Rationale, Problems, Cases," edited by Eastin Nelson.

The article reviews the book "Economic Growth, Profits and Investment."

Reviews the book "Economic Development with Special Reference to East Asia. Proceedings of a Conference Held by the International Economic Association," edited by Kenneth Berr.

Reviews the book 'Social Structure and Mobility in Economic Development,' edited by Neil J. Smelser and Seymour Martin Lipset.

Reviews the book "Development Policy: Theory and Practice," edited by Gustav F. Papanek.

This volume consists of fifteen essays based upon material presented during 1965-1966 at an MIT seminar on the theory of optimal economic growth. For a lover of good capital theory with a fair amount of mathematical sophistication (or a more-than-fair desire to start acquiring it), it presents a varied but delightful menu. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents a review of the book "Readings in the Modern Theory of Economic Growth," edited by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Hirofumi Uzawa.

The article reviews the book "African Development: Lessons from Asia," by the United States Agency for International Development and Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development.

Reviews the book "Green Empire: The St. Joe Company and the Remaking of Florida's Panhandle," by Kathryn Ziewitz and June Wiaz.

Reviews the book "Two Years Since German Unification: Economic Evaluations and Implications for Korea," edited by Jin-Young Bae.

Reviews the book "Policies for Long-Run Economic Growth: A Symposium Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 27-29, 1992."