BOOKS RECEIVED BOOKS RECEIVED African Voices,African Visions,O. Adesida and A. Oteh, Uppsala, Nordiska Africainstitutet, ISBN 91-7106-472-9, pp.217 Credit, Currencies and Culture: African Financial Ins- titutions in Historical Perspective, E. Stiansen and J. Guyer, (eds.) Uppsala, Nordiska Africainstitutet, ISBN 91-7106-442-7, pp.174 Encountering Images in the meetings between Africa and Europe, M. Palmberg (ed.), Uppsala, Nordiska Africainstitutet, ISBN 91-7106-478-8, 278 pp. Indigenous: Remote Area Develop- The Inconvenient ment in Botswana, Donor Assistance and the First People of the Kalahari, by S. Saugestad, Uppsala, Nor- diska Africainstitutet, ISBN 91-7106-475-3, 266 pp. The Peasant Cotton Revolution in West Africa: Cote d'Ivoire, 1880-1995, TJ. Bassett, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-78313-5, pp. 243 Same and Other: Negotiating African Identity in Cultural Production, M.E. Baaz and M. Palmberg (eds.) 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Complementary Authors receive two copies of the relevant issue. copies 144 JOURNAL OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA VOL 17 NO 1 JANUARY 2002 EDIToRIAL Moral theories as tools in programme evaluation David Kau/emu Developing countries and incipient industrialization: case study of eIiterprise clustering and inter-finn in small and medium-scale manufacturing relations in Lobatse, Botswana industries J. Nakizilo and M. B. K Darkoh a Making A&ic:an NGOS more responsive to social needs Kaltldll Godson McFubara Trends in participatory development Kenneth B. Dipholo The impact of the structural adjustment programmes on Kenyan society Joseph Kipkntboi Rano Exploring the indigenous miDefield: social polk)- and the IIIII'JinIlizat of tile .Rl...... in southern Aftica hit8eope NthoJung Cnlu-cuIbnl issues in COUIIIeJJing skiUs training: lessons fi'om Lesodto J_GiIbert