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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139873303321

Titolo

Doing good or doing better : development policies in a globalising world / / Monique Kremer, Peter van Lieshout and Robert Went (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-40193-9

9786612401930

90-485-0877-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 pages) : illustrations, charts

Collana

WRR verkenningen  Doing good or doing better

Altri autori (Persone)

KremerMonique

LieshoutPeter van

WentRobert <1955->

Disciplina

320

350

Soggetti

Globalization

Economic development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

contents; About the authors; Preface; 1. Towards development policies based on lesson learning: an introduction; 2. Twenty-first century globalization, paradigm shifts in development; 3. Does foreign aid work?; 4. Under-explored treasure troves of development lessons: lessons from the histories of small rich european countries; 5. Stagnation in africa: disentangling figures, facts and fiction; 6. Including the middle classes? Latin american social policies after the Washington consensus; 7. Imaginary institutions: state-building in afghanistan

8. Beyond development orthodoxy: chinese lessons in pragmatism and institutional change9. Business and sustainable development: from passive involvement to active partnerships; 10. Why 'philanthrocapitalism' is not the answer: private initiatives and international development; 11. The trouble with participation: assessing the new aid paradigm; 12. How can sub-saharan africa turn the China-india threat into an opportunity?; 13. Post-war peace-building: what role for international organizations?; 14. migration and



development: contested consequences; 15. Global justice and the state

Rapporten aan de regeringVerkenningen

Sommario/riassunto

Development policies in the globalising world