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Small states, no different from large states in income and growth, should receive the same policy advice large states do. Because of their greater openness, they may be more vulnerable to volatility in terms-of-trade shocks--but their openness pays off in growth

In this paper, the authors test whether small states are any different from other states in terms of their income, growth, and volatility outcomes. The find that, controlling for location, small states have higher per capita GDP than other states and that they do not have different per capita growth rates. (DSE/DÜI)

Highlights of the small ruminant production systems research program, focusing on recent research. ; More than 30 faculty, staff and graduate students conduct production systems research related to small ruminants. State-of-the-art facilities and a high-health flock at Ponsonby Research Station provide a foundation for much of their work. Industry and government support this leading edge research that focuses on the productivity, health and welfare of sheep and goats. ; Project supported by Agri-Food and Rural Link, Mobilizing Agri-food and Rural Research Knowledge. A program of the OMAFRA-U of G Partnership Program. http://www.uoguelph.ca/omafra_partnership/en/partnershipprograms/KTT.asp

This House has Fallen: Midnight inNigeria by Karl MaierPublic Affairs, 2000, 327 pp.,$18.99, ISBN 1891620606
A feature that most commentators would not fail to discern about Nigeria is its legendary resilience. One always marvels at how the dysfunctional country manages to stumble from one crisis to another without experiencing a decisive debacle or irreversible slide towards genocidal conflict like other African nations such as Liberia, Sierra Leone, the Sudan and Somalia. All the ingredients that could cause the final dismemberment of the nation are present in copious amount: virulent ethnicity, massive governmental cor- ruption, an over-ambitious and indisciplined military establishment, religious intolerance, widespread crime leading to a breakdown of law and order, acute pauperisation of large segments of the population, collapsed social services and many more minuses.