The Cultural Foundations of Economic Development: Urban Female Entrepreneurship in Ghana

ISBN-13: 9780415169943 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 216 str.

Emily Chamlee-Wright; Emily Chalmlee-Wright

Opis

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.

Recenzje

'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

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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