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The Cultural Foundations of Economic Development Emily Chamlee-Wright (Washington College, USA)

The Cultural Foundations of Economic Development By Emily Chamlee-Wright (Washington College, USA)

The Cultural Foundations of Economic Development by Emily Chamlee-Wright (Washington College, USA)

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This book argues that international aid programmes are unsuccessful for indigenous African institutions because it is based on mainstream economic theory which is fundamentally acultural which does not understand their cultural context.

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The Cultural Foundations of Economic Development: Urban Female Entrepreneurship in Ghana by Emily Chamlee-Wright (Washington College, USA)

Chalmlee-Wright argues that international aid programmes have often been unsuccessful because they are imported.
The economics of the Austrian School provide a far stronger theoretical framework which can introduce cultural analysis into questions of economic development and other market processes.

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'This is a good and serious contribution to the debate on economic development in Ghana and on the Austrian school more generally, which deserves to be widely read.' - Modern African Studies, Vol 36, No. 4 98

About Emily Chamlee-Wright (Washington College, USA)

Emily Chamlee-Wright is Assistant Professor of Economics at Beloit College, Wisconsin, USA

Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter One. Markets as an Extension of Culture Chapter Two. Economic and Cultural Knowledge: Ghanaian Economic Performance Through an Austrian Lens Chapter Three. The Cultural Foundation of Indigenous Entrepreneurship Chapter Four. Indigenous Credit, Mutual Assistance Societies and Economic Development: Prospects and Impediments Chapter Five. Towards an Interpretive Economics: Three Profiles of Urban Market Women Chapter Six. Conclusion. Culture and Economic Development within the Subjectivist Framework Bibliography.

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NPB9780415169943
9780415169943
0415169941
The Cultural Foundations of Economic Development: Urban Female Entrepreneurship in Ghana by Emily Chamlee-Wright (Washington College, USA)
Emily Chamlee-Wright (Washington College, USA)
Routledge Foundations of the Market Economy
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Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1997-10-09
216
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