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Contextual Development Economics (Record no. 25330)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781441972316
978-1-4419-7231-6
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Classification number HC10-1085
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Classification number 330
Edition number 23
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-- New York, NY :
-- Springer New York :
-- Imprint: Springer,
-- 2011.
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Personal name Altmann, Matthias P.
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Title Contextual Development Economics
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title A Holistic Approach to the Understanding of Economic Activity in Low-Income Countries /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Matthias P. Altmann.
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Extent XIX, 287 p.
Other physical details online resource.
440 1# - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE
Title The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences ;
Volume number/sequential designation 8
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction -- Poverty -- Transaction Costs -- Private Governance -- Informal Economic Activity -- The First Generation of Development Economists -- The Second Generation--Return to the Mainstream -- The Third Generation--Institutional Turn and the "New Development Economics" -- Conclusions from the Past and the Agenda for a New Generation of Development Economics -- Emerging New Directions in Development Economics -- German Historical Economics as Development Economiccs -- From Stage Theories to the Concept of Economic Styles -- The Relevance of the Historical School for the Study of Low-Income Countries -- Conclusions.
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Summary, etc Poverty still persists in today’s low-income countries despite decades of international aid, and extensive research on the determinants of growth and development. The book argues that meeting this challenge requires a holistic understanding of the context-specific factors that influence economic behavior and structures in poor countries. Contextual Development Economics approaches this task by offering a methodology that allows analysing the dynamic interrelations between economic, cultural and historical determinants of economic life in low-income countries. The book starts with an empirical inquiry into the economic characteristics of low-income countries that create the context by which the specific forms of organising economic activity in these countries are determined. It then looks at how different generations of development economists sought to explain economic realities in low-income countries from the 1940s through today. The book finally synthesises the results from this empirical and methodological analysis with insights from an inquiry into contributions of the German Historical School, from which it borrows the concept of the economic style as a methodological alternative to the universal and hence often irrelevant models of mainstream development economics. This book offers a promising perspective for the future of development economics that will be of interest to researchers and development practitioners alike. It will also be relevant for academics and students with an interest in applications of the method and concepts of the Historical School to contemporary problems. "Altmann writes with uncommon insight about the economic style of low-income countries and the prospects of development assistance to become more effective and sustainable by delivering context-specific solutions that build on the needs and ingenuity of the poor." --Wolfgang Schmitt, former head of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ--German Technical Cooperation)
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Development Economics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economics
General subdivision Methodology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economics/Management Science.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Methodology and the History of Economic Thought.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Development Economics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Political Science, general.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element SpringerLink (Online service)
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9781441972309
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7231-6
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2014-04-10AUM Main Library2014-04-10 2014-04-10 E-Book   AUM Main Library330
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