Il rischio monetario nei rapporti con l'estero / Mario Sambo

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991002279599707536
• Autore: Sambo, Mario
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Padova : CEDAM, 1980
• Descrizione fisica: 149 p. ; 21 cm.
• Classificazione: C-XX/A
• Disciplina: 332.4
• Soggetti: Cambio - Oscillazioni; Commercio internazionale - Rischi; Pagamenti internazionali
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Colonial exploitation and economic development : the Belgian Congo and the Netherlands Indies compared / / edited by Ewout Frankema and Frans Buelens

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910969675003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Routledge, 2013; Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 0-203-55940-1; 1-299-31977-7; 1-136-75940-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Collana: Routledge explorations in economic history ; ; 64
• Altri autori (Persone): BuelensFrans <1951->; FrankemaEwout
• Disciplina: 330.9598/022
• Soggetti: Democratic Republic of the Congo Economic conditions; Democratic Republic of the Congo Economic policy; Democratic Republic of the Congo Colonial influence; Indonesia Economic conditions; Indonesia Economic policy; Indonesia Colonial influence
• 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: Colonial Exploitation and Economic Development The Belgian Congo and the Netherlands Indies compared; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; 0.1 Colonial exploitation and economic development; 0.2 Comparing the Belgian Congo and the Netherlands Indies; 0.3 Post-colonial economic divergence; 0.4 Differences in the evolution of colonial connections; 0.5 Organization; 1 Extractive institutions in the Congo: checks and balances in the longue durée; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Pre-colonial history: traditional checks and balances; 1.3 Colonial history: unchecked power1.4 Post-colonial history: the unbalanced failing state; 1.5 Conclusions; 2 Colonial extraction in the Indonesian archipelago: a long historical view; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Dutch East India Company (VOC), 1602-1799; 2.3 The transformation of colonial rule, 1799-1830; 2.4 The Cultivation System (CS), 1830-70; 2.5 The liberal reforms, 1870-1900; 2.6 The Ethical Policy, 1900s-20s; 2.7 The Great Depression, the Japanese occupation, and Indonesia's independence, 1929-45; 2.8 Conclusion; 3 Varieties of exploitation in colonial settings: Dutch and Belgian policies in Indonesia and the Congo and their legacies3.1 Colonial exploitation: some definitions; 3.2 Explaining the divergence in GDP growth after 1970; 3.3 Indonesia, 1830-1942: a better class of exploitation?; 3.4 The evolution of the Congo Colonial State: comparisons with Indonesia; 3.5 Looking again at the post-1970s divergence; 4 The land tenure system in the Congo, 1885-1960: actors, motivations, and consequences; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Staking a claim: land ownership status in the Congo Free State, 1885-1908; 4.3 From the Congo Free State to the Belgian Congo: hesitant reform4.4 Surveying the land: the decree of 1934 and formalized land adjudications; 4.5 Land legislation disputes and the end of colonialism; 4.6 Land policies and rural development; 4.7 Conclusion; 5 In the shadow of opium: tax farming and the political economy of colonial extraction in Java, 1807-1911; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The expansion of tax farming under Dutch colonial rule; 5.3 The opium tax farm; 5.4 The small tax farms; 5.5 The end of tax farming and its long-term effects; 5.6 Conclusion; 6 Fiscal policy in the Belgian Congo in comparative perspective6.1 Introduction; 6.2 A difficult inheritance: the fiscal legacy of the Congo Free State; 6.3 Reforming the Congo's tax system after 1908; 6.4 Public spending: a more familiar pattern; 6.5 Financial relations between the Congo and the Belgian state after 1908; 6.6 Conclusion: a colonial state struggling to catch up; 7 Colonial education and post-colonial governance in the Congo and Indonesia; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Different approaches to colonial educational development; 7.3 Comparing school enrollment rates, 1880-2000; 7.4 The success of the missionary effort in the Congo
• Sommario/riassunto: Since many countries in the world at present were European colonies in the not so distant past, the relationship between colonial institutions and development outcomes is a key topic of study across many disciplines.This edited volume, from a leading international group of scholars, discusses the comparative legacy of colonial rule in the Netherlands Indies and Belgian Congo during the nineteenth and ; twentieth centuries. Whereas the Indonesian economy progressed rapidly during the last three decades of the twentieth century and became a self-reliant and assertive world power,