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001 2002033954
003 DLC
005 20070625140033.0
008 020817s2002 ne a b 011 0 eng
010 $a 2002033954
020 $a1402008945 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHD75$b.S626 2002
082 00 $a338.9$221
245 00 $aSocial institutions and economic development :$ba tribute to Kurt Martin /$cedited by Valpy FitzGerald.
260 $aDordrecht [Netherlands] ;$aBoston :$bKluwer Academic Publishers,$cc2002.
300 $axxiii, 197 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
500 $a"This book is based on a special lecture series entitled 'Social institutions and economic development' held at the Institute of Social Studies [in The Hague] between 1999 and 2001. Kurt Martin's ... family sponsored the lectures in his memory"--Introduction.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. Agrarian Reforms and Intersectoral Relations: A Summary -- Kurt Martin -- Introduction -- Economic and social objectives of land reforms -- The labour-surplus condition -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References --2. Bringing Institutions into Evolutionary Growth Theory -- Richard R. Nelson -- Institutional analysis and evolutionary economic theory: The historical connections -- Routines as a unifying concept -- Social technologies and institutions -- Institutions in an evolutionary theory of economic growth -- Promise and challenges -- Notes -- References --3. Towards an Evolutionary Economic Approach to Sustainable Development -- J. B. Opschoor -- Introduction -- Ecology and evolution from an economic perspective -- Environment-economy interactions and ecological economics -- Evolutionary dimensions in ecologically sensitive development economics -- The Environmental Kuznets Curve -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References --4. Structural Dynamics and Economic Development -- Jose'Antonio Ocampo -- Some methodological issues and stylized facts -- The dynamics of productive structures -- A simple formalization of the growth-productivity link -- Policy implications -- Notes -- References --5. Economic Reforms, Development and Distribution: -- Were the Founding Fathers of Development Theory Right? -- Rob Vos -- Introduction -- The move towards liberalization in Latin America -- Growth, distribution and poverty in Latin America: Recurring problems -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References --6. Why Groups Matter -- Frances Stewart -- Introduction -- The nature and functioning of groups -- Groups: Some examples -- Some findings and conclusions -- Notes -- References --7. Rethinking Development Assistance: The Implications of Social Citizenship in a Global Economy -- E. V. K. FitzGerald -- Introduction: The motivations for development assistance -- The 'incomplete markets' model: Development assistance as a correction for market failure -- The 'human entitlement' model: Development assistance as global social citizenship -- Conclusion: Development assistance and international political economy -- Notes -- References --8. Partnerships, Inclusiveness and Aid Effectiveness in Africa -- B. J. Ndulu -- Introduction: Aid and African growth -- Aid effectiveness: What we have learnt from experience -- Effectiveness of government as aid intermediary: A conceptual framework -- Behaviour of the aid intermediary under a weak authoritarian regime -- Unsustainable development autocracy and the seed for a more inclusive governance -- Moving more positively into the twenty-first century through a tripartite partnership -- Notes -- References --9. Aid, the Employment Relation and the Deserving Poor: Regaining Political Economy -- Marc Wuyts -- Introduction -- From poverty to unemployment: The emergence of a new variable -- The reverse transition: From unemployment back to poverty -- From aid as investment support to aid as poverty alleviation -- Notes -- References.
650 0 $aEconomic development.
650 0 $aSocial institutions.
700 1 $aMartin, Kurt,$d1904-1995.
700 1 $aFitzgerald, E. V. K.$q(Edmund Valpy Knox),$d1947-
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy033/2002033954.html