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Social Institutions and Economic Development

:	Valpy FitzGerald
:	Social Institutions and Economic Development
:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
:	9780306481598
:	1
:	CHF 67.50
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:	Sonstiges
:	English

:	224
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This book celebrates the modern relevance of one of the founding fathers of development economics - Kurt Martin. His thought - drawn from the central conflict of the twentieth century between collective action and individual enterprise - has influenced a generation of scholars at one of Europe's foremost development studies faculties, the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague. In this tribute to Kurt Martin, leading world thinkers, including Richard Nelson, José Antonio Ocampo, Frances Stewart, and Ben Ndulu, discuss the role of social institutions in economic development. They are complemented by leading ISS faculty, all contributing to the debate that will define the policy research agenda well into the next decade. This is an essential text for economic scholars, postgraduate students, and development practitioners alike.

Written for:
Economic scholars, postgraduate students, development practitioners

	Contents	6
	Foreword	10
	Introduction: Institutions in Modern Development Economics	14
	Notes	23
	References	24
	1 Agrarian Reforms and Intersectoral Relations: A Summary	25
	Introduction	25
	Economic and social objectives of land reforms	25
	The labour-surplus condition	28
	Conclusion	30
	Notes	31
	References	32
	2 Bringing Institutions into Evolutionary Growth Theory	33
	Institutional analysis and evolutionary economic theory: The historical connections	34
	Routines as a unifying concept	36
	Social technologies and institutions	38
	Institutions in an evolutionary theory of economic growth	38
	Promise and challenges	43
	Notes	44
	References	44
	3 Towards an Evolutionary Economic Approach to Sustainable Development	47
	Introduction	47
	Ecology and evolution from an economic perspective	48
	Environment–economy interactions and ecological economics	56
	Evolutionary dimensions in ecologically sensitive development economics	58
	The Environmental Kuznets Curve	60
	Conclusions	67
	Notes	71
	References	73
	4 Structural Dynamics and Economic Development	79
	Some methodological issues and stylized facts	80
	The dynamics of productive structures	85
	A simple formalization of the growth-productivity link	95
	Policy implications	99
	Notes	102
	References	104
	5 Economic Reforms, Development and Distribution: Were the Founding Fathers of Development Theory Right?	109
	Introduction	109
	The move towards liberalization in Latin America	111
	Growth, distribution and poverty in Latin America: Recurring problems	114
	Conclusions	120
	Notes	121
	References	121
	6 Why Groups Matter	125
	Introduction	125
	The nature and functioning of groups	127
	Groups: Some examples	131
	Some findings and conclusions	139
	Notes	143
	References	145
	7 Rethinking Development Assistance: The Implications of Social Citizenship in a Global Economy	149
	Introduction: The motivations for development assistance	149
	The ‘incomplete markets’ model: Development assistance as a correction for market failure	151
	The ‘human entitlement’ model: Development assistance as global social citizenship	158
	Conclusion: Development assistance and international political economy	161
	Notes	164
	References	165
	8 Partnerships, Inclusiveness and Aid Effectiveness in Africa	167
	Introduction: Aid and African growth	167
	Aid effectiveness: What we have learnt from experience	171
	Effectiveness of government as aid intermediary: A conceptual framework	174
	Behaviour of the aid intermediary under a weak authoritarian regime	176
	Unsustainable development autocracy and the seed for a more inclusive governance	180
	Moving more positively into the twenty-first century through a tripartite partnership	181
	Notes	190
	References	190
	9 Aid, the Employment Relation and the Deserving Poor: Regaining Political Economy	193
	Introduction	193
	From poverty to unemployment: The emergence of a new variable	194
	The reverse transition: From unemployment back to poverty	199
	From aid as investment support to aid as poverty alleviation	204
	Notes	208
	References	209
	Contributors	213
	Index	215