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Informal institutions : how social norms help or hinder development
- Title
- Informal institutions : how social norms help or hinder development / edited by Johannes Jütting ... [et al.].
- Publication
- Paris : OECD, c2007.
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- Description
- 174 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Informal institutions -- family and kinship structures, traditions, and social norms -- not only matter for development, but they are often decisive factors in shaping policy outcomes in environments of weak states and poor governance structures. Based on concrete examples in the areas of gender equality, governance and private sector development, this book advocates a pragmatic way of dealing with informal institutions. Neither the "romantic preservationist" nor the "bulldozing modernizer" approach promises an adequate solution. Incorporating informal institutions in development strategies -- whether by taking advantage of them in their existing state, by seeking to optimize their impact or by providing incentives to change them -- will be instrumental in improving development outcomes, including achieving the Millennium Development Goals.--Publisher's description.
- Series Statement
- Development Centre studies
- Alternative Title
- How social norms help or hinder development
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Access (note)
- Subscription required for access to online version.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Available both in print and online.
- Contents
- Informal institutions : friend or foe of development? -- Informal institutions in three key areas of development : gender equality, governance and private sector development -- What have we learned and what can we do?
- Call Number
- JBE 09-41
- ISBN
- 9789264039063
- 9264039066
- OCLC
- 180929692
- Title
- Informal institutions : how social norms help or hinder development / edited by Johannes Jütting ... [et al.].
- Imprint
- Paris : OECD, c2007.
- Series
- Development Centre studies
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Restricted Access
- Subscription required for access to online version.
- Additional Formats
- Available both in print and online.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Jütting, Johannes.Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development Centre.
- Other Form:
- Informal institutions [electronic resource] (OCoLC)178640578 9789264039063
- Research Call Number
- JBE 09-41