Globalization and development : rethinking interventions and governance / / edited by Arne Bigsten

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452566403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 0-203-08867-0; 1-299-48080-2; 1-136-20172-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies in development economics ; ; 102
• Altri autori (Persone): BigstenArne
• Disciplina: 338.9009172/4
• Soggetti: International economic relations; Economic development; Globalization - Developing countries; Electronic books.; Developing countries Economic policy; Developing countries Politics and government
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The governance challenge -- Introduction / Arne Bigsten -- Impacts of external interventions on domestic governance / Arne Bigsten -- Economic policy -- Democratization in the aftermath of natural disasters / Pelle Ahlerup -- Political decentralization and the effectiveness of aid / Thushyanthan Baskaran, Arne Bigsten and Zohal Hessami -- When is aid volatility bad? : and how bad is it? / Sven Tengstam -- Social policy -- Abstinence, abstinence, and more abstinence : HIV/AIDS in Malawi / Dick Durevall and Annika Lindskog -- Indigenous politics and the quest for solidarity / Cristina Rojas and Gustavo Morales -- Environmental policy -- Payments for environmental services : understanding the determinants of impact and behavioural responses to policy intervention / Anna Nordén, Martin Persson, and Francisco Alpizar -- Security policy -- "Building peace from the outside" : the role of the EU in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Meike Froitzheim and Fredrik Söderbaum -- Willing reformers? : an analysis of defence reform initiatives in the DRC / Maria Eriksson ; Baaz and Maria Stern -- The African Union and the politics of protection : mediating ownership and sovereignty / Jan Bachmann and Linnea Gelot -- Conclusion -- Concluding remarks / Arne Bigsten.
• Sommario/riassunto: The key challenge for achieving sustained development in developing countries relates to quality of domestic governance, which in turn is strongly affected by external interventions. Domestic governance includes politics, policy formulation, institution building and policy implementation. It is important for both international and domestic agents to understand how the interplay between external interventions and domestic governance affects social and economic outcomes.This volume presents a series of studies analysing the links between external interventions and domestic governance i