Structural Inequality

Preface.- Yemen: Qat and Water.- Arabia Felix.- A Parched Village.- A Legendary Dam.- Old City.- Roots of a Crisis.- Perverse Policies.- Dilemmas of Qat.- Excursions in History.- Markets for the Leaf.- In the Crux Who Pays?.- The Development Bargain.- Estonia: Shaping Freedom.- On Edge.- A Different Kind of Capitalism.- Northern Winter.- Cathedral Mountains.- Abandoned Lands.- From Songs to Markets.- Policies and Mindsets.- Social Ills.- Left Behind.- A Strategy Takes Shape.- Hope in the Potato Patches.- Mexico and El Salvador: Yearnings for Education.- Ragged Orator.- Why Is It So Hard?.- Honduras: Fights over Land.- Hurricanes and Fire.- A Colonial Heritage.- Clamors for Land.- Onions and Sugar Bricks.- Voices of Farmers.- Political Seasons.- Shrimp Ponds.- Presidential Deliberations.- Confrontations.- Polemics and Divisions.- Fading Hopes.- A Door Left Ajar.- A Clearing.- After a Lifetime.- An Archbishop's Warning.- Shootout.- An Ancient Divide.- The Bishop's World.- Prophecy Fulfilled.- Retrospect and Prospect.- Pakistan and Bangladesh: A Dream Sundered.- An Abstract Country.- Pieces of a Puzzle A Feudal Valley.- Monsoon.- Storm Clouds.- A Great River.- Watery Lyrics.- Struggles of Tigers and a Country.- Staying Afloat.- Human Development and Economic Growth.- The Spirit of Baishakh.- Peru: Inequality and Inca Technology.- Altiplano.- Puno.- Iron Monsters.- Land Invasions.- Inca Engineering.- Potatoes.- A Festival of Youth.- An Empty Wind.- Alpaca Herders.- Alfalfa and Cheese.- Andean Paths.- Connectivity.- Nigeria: Policy Dilemmas.- T ropical Dissonance.- Workaday Lagos.- Island of Sanity.- Harmattan.- Gin and Data.- Project Designs.- A Paradox.- Sunday's Peril.- Paradox Resolved.- Paradise Lost.- In the Balance.- S outh Korea: Pressurized Takeoff.- A Sleep of Centuries.- Village Life.- Whiphand on the Economy.- Abacus Power.- Family Life.- Smashing Traditions.- Korean Hours.- A House with a Garden.- A Hermit's Memory. Return to the Village.- Success.- Choices.- Development Debates.- Epilogue.- Structural Inequality and Political Economy.- Policies, Governance and Governments.- Agriculture.- The Steep Hill for Rural Women.- Water, Trees and Elephants.- Commitment and Conviction.- Participation.- Patience and Vision.