Culture, Institutions, and Development : New Insights into an Old Debate (Hardcover)

Part 1: Overview of issues 1. The role of culture in development: an overview Jean-Philippe Platteau 2. Culture and development: the continuing tension between modern standards and local contexts Hela Yousfi 3. Culture and development: do social struggles make a difference? Jean-Francois Bayart  Part 2: Religion, family and ethnicity 4. Economic underdevelopment in the Middle East: the historical roles of culture, institutions, and religion Timur Kuran Comments Mona Makram Ebeid 5. Family and kinship ties in development: an economist’s perspective Eliana La Ferrara 6. The demand for disadvantage Rohini Somanathan  Part 3: Culture and entrepreneurship 7. Markets and the diffusion of institutional innovations Marcel Fafchamps 8. Culture, management and development Philippe d’Iribarne 9. The invention of traditions and entrepreneurship: a critical perspective Jean-Pierre Warnier  Part 4: Culture and poverty reduction 10. Culture matters for poverty, but not because of a culture of poverty - Notes on analytics and policy Michael Walton Comments Stuti Khemani and Stephanie Mahieu  Part 5: Conclusion 11. Repositioning culture Jean-Philippe Platteau and Robert Peccoud