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

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (379 pages) : illustrations, charts
• Disciplina: 320; 350
• Soggetto topico: Globalization; Economic development
• Altri autori: KremerMonique LieshoutPeter van WentRobert <1955->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Doing good or doing better
• ISBN: 1-282-40193-9; 9786612401930; 90-485-0877-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996204776303316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno