Acknowledgements: This paper is the second of four papers related to pastoral economic growth and development in Ethiopia that were commissioned by the Department for International Development (DfID) at the request of the Government of Ethiopia. Ian Scoones served as a peer reviewer of the report and we wish to thank him for his constructive comments and suggestions. The authors, of course, ass...

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Dr. Hertzler appears to have very decided theories about the a)tiology of goitre, though it is rather difficult to follow exactly what they are. In his very short chapter on this subject he does not expatiate at any great length on his own theory and little more than mentions the various theories, deficiency, bacterial, toxic, etc., of other observers; in fact the chapter is rather inadequate. ...

We examine the role of financial development in economic growth in the former Communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States during the first two decades since the beginning of transition. These countries, which had undeveloped financial systems under Communism, provide an interesting test of the relationship between financial development and growth...

Brunner gland cyst is a benign polypoid or nodular lesion of the duodenum that may not be familiar to gastroenterologists and pathologists because of its rarity. There have been only 9 cases documented in the world literature under various names. In this report, we describe the clinicopathologic features of three such cases to raise the awareness of its existence.