Social science knowledge and economic development :
[Book]
an institutional design perspective /
Vernon W. Ruttan.
Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
2003.
xvii, 341 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm.
Economics, cognition, and society
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-326) and indexes.
Induced institutional innovation -- Cultural endowments and economic development -- The sociology of development and underdevelopment -- What happened to political development? -- Growth economics and development economics -- Technology adoption, diffusion, and transfer -- Social capital and institutional renovation -- Religion, culture, and nation -- Why foreign economic assistance?