Judith Heyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 183683 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Judith Heyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Judith |
| FAMILY NAME | Heyer |
| SIGNATURE | HEYER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Somerville Hospital |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-1790-1223 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How Lives Change
Overcoming the Persistence of Inequality and Poverty
International experts evaluate new policy directions in economic development and poverty reduction, building on the ideas of a pioneer in the new discipline of Development Studies, Frances Stewart. Co
The comparative political economy of development Africa and South Asia
Group behaviour and development
A substantial introduction to the study of group behaviour in developing countries, this text provides both relevant theoretical issues and case studies.
Group Behaviour and Development
Most economic decisions are taken by people acting within, and very often on behalf of, groups. As consumers, individuals are members of families; as producers, they operate within firms. Moreover, there are a variety of less formal groups, such as neighbourhood or community associations and networks of producers, which play an important role in influencing behaviour and outcomes. Yet much of economics puts individuals at the centre of analysis. …
Rural Transformation in Tropical Africa
Journal Article Rural Transformation in Tropical Africa Get access Rural Transformation in Tropical Africa, edited by Douglas Rimmer. Belhaven Press, London, 1988. x+177 pp. £24.00 hardback. ISBN 1 85293 012 8. JUDITH HEYER JUDITH HEYER Somerville College, University of Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 89, Issue 355, April 1990, Page 295, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals…
Landless Agricultural Labourers' Asset Strategies
This examination of the asset strategies of landless agricultural labourers in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, supports the view that it is not so much lack of finance as lack of incentives that limits poor people's investments. The options for landless agricultural labourers include changing patterns of consumption, labour strategies, and ‘investment’ strategies (broadly defined). Different groups make very different choices from among these op…
Rural Development in Tropical Africa
Agricultural Development Policy in Kenya from the Colonial Period to 1975
In Kenya, at least in the period from 1955 to 1975, external intervention in agricultural production has been pervasive and influential. The result has been that the incomes of very large sections of the population have increased substantially. Some have been left out, and some have been impoverished, but the overall effect has been to improve the conditions of most of the population. This was achieved not so much because external intervention wa…
The Economies of East Africa
Household Expenditure in Nairobi
Rural Development in Tropical Africa
Landless Agricultural Labourers' Asset Strategies
This examination of the asset strategies of landless agricultural labourers in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, supports the view that it is not so much lack of finance as lack of incentives that limits poor people's investments. The options for landless agricultural labourers include changing patterns of consumption, labour strategies, and ‘investment’ strategies (broadly defined). Different groups make very different choices from among these op…
Household Expenditure in Nairobi
The Economies of East Africa
Rural Development in Tropical Africa
Agricultural Development Policy in Kenya from the Colonial Period to 1975
In Kenya, at least in the period from 1955 to 1975, external intervention in agricultural production has been pervasive and influential. The result has been that the incomes of very large sections of the population have increased substantially. Some have been left out, and some have been impoverished, but the overall effect has been to improve the conditions of most of the population. This was achieved not so much because external intervention wa…
Landless Agricultural Labourers' Asset Strategies
This examination of the asset strategies of landless agricultural labourers in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, supports the view that it is not so much lack of finance as lack of incentives that limits poor people's investments. The options for landless agricultural labourers include changing patterns of consumption, labour strategies, and ‘investment’ strategies (broadly defined). Different groups make very different choices from among these op…
Rural Transformation in Tropical Africa
Journal Article Rural Transformation in Tropical Africa Get access Rural Transformation in Tropical Africa, edited by Douglas Rimmer. Belhaven Press, London, 1988. x+177 pp. £24.00 hardback. ISBN 1 85293 012 8. JUDITH HEYER JUDITH HEYER Somerville College, University of Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 89, Issue 355, April 1990, Page 295, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals…
Group behaviour and development
A substantial introduction to the study of group behaviour in developing countries, this text provides both relevant theoretical issues and case studies.
Group Behaviour and Development
Most economic decisions are taken by people acting within, and very often on behalf of, groups. As consumers, individuals are members of families; as producers, they operate within firms. Moreover, there are a variety of less formal groups, such as neighbourhood or community associations and networks of producers, which play an important role in influencing behaviour and outcomes. Yet much of economics puts individuals at the centre of analysis. …
The comparative political economy of development Africa and South Asia
Overcoming the Persistence of Inequality and Poverty
International experts evaluate new policy directions in economic development and poverty reduction, building on the ideas of a pioneer in the new discipline of Development Studies, Frances Stewart. Co
How Lives Change
Economics (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Economic conditions (3 works) · Africa (2 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Developing countries (2 works)