Fitzgerald / FitzGerald Social Institutions and Economic Development

A Tribute to Kurt Martin
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-306-48159-8
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

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 

Autoren/Hrsg.

FitzGerald, Valpy

Fitzgerald, Valpy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;6
2;Foreword;10
3;Introduction: Institutions in Modern Development Economics;14
3.1;Notes;23
3.2;References;24
4;1 Agrarian Reforms and Intersectoral Relations: A Summary;25
4.1;Introduction;25
4.2;Economic and social objectives of land reforms;25
4.3;The labour-surplus condition;28
4.4;Conclusion;30
4.5;Notes;31
4.6;References;32
5;2 Bringing Institutions into Evolutionary Growth Theory;33
5.1;Institutional analysis and evolutionary economic theory: The historical connections;34
5.2;Routines as a unifying concept;36
5.3;Social technologies and institutions;38
5.4;Institutions in an evolutionary theory of economic growth;38
5.5;Promise and challenges;43
5.6;Notes;44
5.7;References;44
6;3 Towards an Evolutionary Economic Approach to Sustainable Development;47
6.1;Introduction;47
6.2;Ecology and evolution from an economic perspective;48
6.3;Environment–economy interactions and ecological economics;56
6.4;Evolutionary dimensions in ecologically sensitive development economics;58
6.5;The Environmental Kuznets Curve;60
6.6;Conclusions;67
6.7;Notes;71
6.8;References;73
7;4 Structural Dynamics and Economic Development;79
7.1;Some methodological issues and stylized facts;80
7.2;The dynamics of productive structures;85
7.3;A simple formalization of the growth-productivity link;95
7.4;Policy implications;99
7.5;Notes;102
7.6;References;104
8;5 Economic Reforms, Development and Distribution: Were the Founding Fathers of Development Theory Right?;109
8.1;Introduction;109
8.2;The move towards liberalization in Latin America;111
8.3;Growth, distribution and poverty in Latin America: Recurring problems;114
8.4;Conclusions;120
8.5;Notes;121
8.6;References;121
9;6 Why Groups Matter;125
9.1;Introduction;125
9.2;The nature and functioning of groups;127
9.3;Groups: Some examples;131
9.4;Some findings and conclusions;139
9.5;Notes;143
9.6;References;145
10;7 Rethinking Development Assistance: The Implications of Social Citizenship in a Global Economy;149
10.1;Introduction: The motivations for development assistance;149
10.2;The ‘incomplete markets’ model: Development assistance as a correction for market failure;151
10.3;The ‘human entitlement’ model: Development assistance as global social citizenship;158
10.4;Conclusion: Development assistance and international political economy;161
10.5;Notes;164
10.6;References;165
11;8 Partnerships, Inclusiveness and Aid Effectiveness in Africa;167
11.1;Introduction: Aid and African growth;167
11.2;Aid effectiveness: What we have learnt from experience;171
11.3;Effectiveness of government as aid intermediary: A conceptual framework;174
11.4;Behaviour of the aid intermediary under a weak authoritarian regime;176
11.5;Unsustainable development autocracy and the seed for a more inclusive governance;180
11.6;Moving more positively into the twenty-first century through a tripartite partnership;181
11.7;Notes;190
11.8;References;190
12;9 Aid, the Employment Relation and the Deserving Poor: Regaining Political Economy;193
12.1;Introduction;193
12.2;From poverty to unemployment: The emergence of a new variable;194
12.3;The reverse transition: From unemployment back to poverty;199
12.4;From aid as investment support to aid as poverty alleviation;204
12.5;Notes;208
12.6;References;209
13;Contributors;213
14;Index;215