Review of Development Economics

Edited by:
E. Kwan Choi

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The Review of Development Economics is a leading journal publishing high-quality research in development economics. It publishes rigorous analytical papers, theoretical and empirical, which deal with contemporary growth problems of developing countries, including the transition economies. The Review not only serves as a link between theorists and practitioners, but also builds a bridge between development economists and their colleagues in related fields. While the level of the Review of Development Economics is academic, the materials presented are of value to policy makers and researchers, especially those in developing countries.

The Review encourages development economists to ponder the question of what changes the 21st century will bring and embraces all the new issues of interest to developing and developed economies that might emerge as the 21st century progresses. 

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Free Online Access in the Developing World
Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the AGORA Initiative with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the OARE Initiative (Online Access to Research in the Environment) with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

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Special Section: Poverty and Inequality in China (in collaboration with WIDER)
Guest Editor: Guanghua Wan

We are pleased to announce that the volume 12, issue2 of the Review of Development Economics includes a special section on Poverty and Inequality in China; the result of a collaboration between the journal and the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki.  The section includes papers emerging from a UNU-WIDER's 2004/2005 research project on poverty and inequality in China. The research project was coordinated by Guanghua Wan, who also served as guest editor for this section.   You can read the special section free online at www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/rode/12/2

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Factor Price Equalization When the World Equilibrium is Not Unique
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