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Books Received

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Food and Agricultural Policy Reforms in the Former USSR. An Agenda for the Transition. Country Depart- ment III, Europe and the Central Asia Region. 242 pp., The World Bank - Studies of Economies in Transformation, Paper Number 1, The World Bank, Washington DC, 1992, ISBN O-8213-2261-3.

Resources and Global Food Prospects. Supply and Demandfor Cereals to 2030. By P. Crosson & J. Ander- son. 122 pp., World Bank Technical Paper Number 184, The World Bank, Washington DC, 1992, ISBN o-8213-2207-9.

Investing in Nutrition with World Bank Assistance. By J. Miller Del Rosso. 23 pp., A World Bank Publica- tion, The World Bank, Washington DC, 1992, ISBN O-8213-2292-3.

From Barefoot Doctor to Village Doctor in Rural China. By W. De Geyndt, X. Zhoa, S. Liu. 15 pp., World Bank Technical Paper Number 187, Asia Technical Department Series, The World Bank, Washington DC, 1992, ISBN O-8213-2265-6.

Social Care & HIV-AIDS. The Hull-York Research Team, Centre for Health Economics (University of York), Institute for Health Studies (University of Hull). 214 pp., HMSO Books, Norwich, ISBN O-l I- 701718-3. f13.70.

Promoting Health Systems Research as a Management Tool. By A. Brownlee. 129 pp., Health Systems Research Training Series, Volume 1, International Development Research Centre & The World Health Organization, Ottawa & Geneva, 1991, ISBN 0-88936-583-O.

Designing and Conducting Health Systems Research Projects. By C. Varkevisser, I. Pathmanathan, A. Brownlee. 376 pp., Health Systems Research Training Series, Volume 2, Part 1, International Develop- ment Research Centre & The World Health Organization, Ottawa & Geneva, 1991, ISBN O-88936-584-9.

Designing and Conducting Health Research Projects. By C. Varkevisser, I. Pathmanathan, A. Brownlee. 167 pp., Health Systems Research Training Series, Volume 2, Part 2, International Development Research Centre & The World Health Organization, Ottawa & Geneva, 1991, ISBN O-88936-585-7.

Strategies for Involving Universities and Research Institutes in Health Systems Research. By A. Brownlee, L. Duran Gonzales, I. Pathmanathan. 75 pp., Health Systems Research Training Series, Volume 3, Inter- national Development Research Centre & The World Health Organization, Ottawa & Geneva, 1992, ISBN O-88936-587-3.

Managing Health Systems Research. By I. Pathmanathan. 179 pp., Health Systems Research Training Series, Volume 4, International Development Research Centre & The World Health Organization, Ottawa & Geneva, 1992, ISBN O-88936-588- I.

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Training of Trainers for Health Systems Research. By I. Pathmanathan & N. Nik-Saliah. 254 pp., Health Systems Research Training Series, Volume 5, International Development Research Centre & The World Health Organization, Ottawa & Geneva, 1991, ISBN O-88936-589-X.

Health Care for the Poor and Uninsured: Strategies that Work. Edited by N. Tate & K. Kavanagh. 98 pp., The Haworth Press, Inc., New York, 1992, ISBN l-56024-315-5.

Gesundheitiikonomie. F. Breyer & P. Zweifel. 427 pp., Springer Lehrbuch, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1992, ISBN 3-540-55756-3.

The Global AIDS Strategy. WHO AIDS Series 11. 23 pp., World Health Organization Publications. Geneva, 1992, ISBN 92-4-121011-7, Sw.fr.Y.-.

US Universities and International Health: Issues and Challenges. A Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of North Carolina at Chapel1 Hill. Edited by S. Jain, K. Whetten-Goldstein, L. Moody Igoe. 66 pp., Health Affairs Committee on International Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, 1992.

The Role of Health Centres in the Development of Urban Health Systems. Report of a WHO Study Group on Primary Health Care in Urban Areas. 38 pp., WHO Technical Report Series, World Health Organiza- tion, Geneva, 1992, ISBN 92-4-120827-9, Sw.fr.7.-.

Implementing the Bamako Initiative in Africa: A Review and Five Case Studies. By B. McPake, K. Hanson, A. Mills. 101 pp., Department of Public Health & Policy, Publication Number 8, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, 1992, ISSN 0962-6115, f 10.00.