ABSTRACT
The relevance of Strange's work to developing countries is often overlooked. This owes more to the lack of interest and the selective reading of most commentators than to the absence of arguments and threads of thought regarding developing countries in Strange's writ ings. One of her major books (Rival States, Rival Firms), deals mainly with structural change in international production and its implica tions for developing countries. The book is based on case studies of Kenya, Malaysia and Brazil. In Strange's thinking about international finance, the 'debt problem' and its effects for developing countries as well as for the international financial system figure prominently. Most significantly, one of her fundamental questions was always cui bono? In answering it, she invariably refers to developing countries. In other words, although Strange was no doubt most interested in overall international structural change, it is not necessary to dig out the odd footnote to find ideas about developing countries and how to study them.
