Doing Good or Doing Better: Development Policies in a Globalizing World: 21 (WRR Verkenningen) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9089641076 ISBN 13: 9789089641076

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

What drives development? What new issues have arisen due to globalization? And what kind of policies contribute to development in a rapidly changing world? The studies in Doing Good or Doing Better analyze the different development strategies employed on various continents, address current challenges, and argue that a new approach-one different from the European and American models-is necessary in a globalizing, interdependent world.

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About the Author

Monique Kremer is researcher affiliated to the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR). Please switch to the Dutch version of our website for the full Dutch description.

From the Back Cover

'Goed doen' kan een stuk beter volgens de Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid. Niet armoedebestrijding maar ontwikkeling zou de doelstelling moeten zijn van ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Het 'beter doen' betekent bovendien minder moraliseren, bescheidener en pragmatischer interveniëren, minder voorschrijven hoe het moet en maatwerk leveren

From the Inside Flap

The world is changing, and so is the unquestioning belief that development policies are always right. Instead of focusing on the rather limited notion of poverty, this book aims to deepen our understanding of the broad issue of development. What are the drivers of development? What new issues have arisen due to globalization? And what kind of policies contribute to development in a world that is changing rapidly? The articles in this book provide insight into the muddled trajectories of development on various continents and rethink the notion of development in a globalizing, interdependent world. Taken together, the still fuzzy contours of a paradigm shift emerge from the Washington Confusion . Development can no longer be the ambitious, moral project based on a standard model of economic European or American modernization. Doing better means being less moralistic, more modest and pragmatic, and taking seriously the path dependencies and social realities that exist in each country.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9089641076
• ISBN 13: 9789089641076
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 378
• Editor: Kremer Monique, Went Robert