ISBN:
9781848443990
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 226 p)
,
ill
Series Statement:
Advances in new institutional analysis
Series Statement:
Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Parallel Title:
Available in another form
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Shirley, Mary M., 1945 - Institutions and development
DDC:
338.9
Keywords:
Entwicklung
;
Institutionenökonomik
;
Neue Institutionenökonomik
;
Entwicklungshilfe
;
Entwicklungsorganisation
;
Welt
;
Entwicklungsländer
;
Financial institutions
;
Economic development
;
International agencies
;
Economic assistance
;
Electronic books
;
Entwicklungshilfe
Abstract:
A landmark contribution to our understanding of economic development. This significant book argues that fundamental changes in deeply rooted institutions do not happen because of outsiders' money, advice, pressures, or even physical force; which explains why foreign aid has not, and can not, improve institutions. The impetus for changing institutions must come from within a society, and the author shows how groups of local scholars contribute to institutional change and development when the political opportunity presents itself
Abstract:
1. Introduction -- 2. Why are poor countries poor? -- 3. Market-supportive institutions -- 4. Can foreign aid promote development? -- 5. Can we measure institutions and institutional change? -- 6. Institutions and the reform of urban water systems -- 7. The role of scholars and scholarship in economic development -- 8. Where do we go from here?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-215) and index
DOI:
10.4337/9781848443990
URL:
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