Operation flood: impacts and issues

This article investigates whether Operation Flood - the Indian dairy programme supported by the WFP, the EEC and other international donor agencies - has achieved its objectives of enhancing dairy production in India while also offering poor and landless farmers a chance to participate in dairying. Detailed empirical work on the project did not confirm the grand claims made for Operation Flood as a success story of global significance. In particular, conclusions are highlighted with regard to Operation Flood's impact on India's dependency on foreign (EEC) deliveries of skim milk powder; India's domestic dairy production; the incomes of participating farmers; existing informal dairy production and marketing; the nutritional levels in rural areas; and the position of rural women. Various options for the future are outlined.     

State Spending: What to Cut, Where, and Why

The growth of government has abscured the erstwhile clarity of its tasks Geoffrey Wook, of City University Business School, considers cuts in state spending that would clarify the function of government, reduce its burden on the taxpayer, and re-establish its central and limited purpose.     

African Intellectuals and the Neglect of Economic Reality

Much analysis of African political economy ignores the long tradition of markets in Africa and misrepresents important aspects of her history. Professor George Ayittey. the Ghanaian economist currently working at the University of Bloomsburg in Pennsylvania, takes issue with a recent book and television series.