Book reviews

Money‐Go‐Rounds: The Importance of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations for Women. Edited by Shirley Ardener and Sandra Burman. Berg Publishers, Oxford. 1995.Geertz, C. 1962, ‘Rotating Credit Association, a “Middle Rung” in Development’, Economic Development and Cultural Change Vol.1, No.3.Rural Poverty in Asia: Priority Issues and Policy Options. Edited by M.G. Quibria. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1993. Pp.443. £11.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 19 586004 7Rural Poverty in Developing Asia. Volume 1: Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Edited by M.G. Quibria. Manila: Asian Development Bank, 1994. Pp.556. NP. ISBN 971 561 046 3Caste and Capitalism in Colonial India: The Nattukottai Chettiars. By David West Rudner. Berkeley, CA and London: University of California Press, 1995. Pp.341. $50 and $18. ISBN 0 520 07236 7 and 08350 4Boom, Crisis, and Adjustment: The Macreconomic Experience of Developing Countries. By I.M.D. Little, Richard N. Cooper, W. Max Corden and Sarath Rajapatirana. New York: Oxford University Press for The World Bank, 1993. Pp.ix + 455. £32.50/$42.95. ISBN 0 19 520891 9Reversed Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought. By Naila Kabeer. London and New York: Verso, 1994. Pp.xix + 346. £49.95 and £14.95.0 86091 384 8 and 0 86091 584 0