Paths to Property: Approaches to Institutional Change in International Development - Couverture souple

Boettke, Peter J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0255365829 ISBN 13 : 9780255365826

Editeur : Institute of Economic Affairs, 2007

Synopsis

Sub-Saharan Africa has received tens of billions of dollars in foreign aid over the last fifty years, yet economic development has remained elusive. In many countries absolute poverty has increased and life expectancy has declined. Karol Boudreaux and Paul Aligica argue that instead of traditional approaches to development policy, the focus needs to be on adoption of sound political and legal institutions, with clearly defined and enforced private property rights to encourage entrepreneurship and economic growth. The authors examine several case studies of property rights reform in the developing world and suggest that universal policies applied regardless of local culture and tradition tend to fail. Reforms are more likely to succeed when they evolve gradually and are tailored to local norms and values rather than imposed from above by governments, aid agencies and supranational institutions.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Institute of Economic Affairs
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0255365829
• ISBN 13: 9780255365826
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible